Integrating GTD in my life…again.

For the past 1.5 weeks I’ve been adhering pretty closely to the GTD lifestyle. This was all kicked off by a mini gtd seminar I helped organize at Conjunctured. I asked Drew Arnold who I met after being featured in the Statesman a while back about mine and John Erik’s use of GTD in our lives. Drew had contacted John and I in hopes of meeting others who shared his way of “getting things done.” Months after that initial meeting I found Drew at Conjunctured one day randomly and we got to talking and we thought we’d give it a go at having a GTD seminar at Conjunctured led by him. He really knows his stuff—I admire how much in control of his workflow he is. I hope to get to that point someday soon. I feel like I’m on my way.

Anyways, so after that seminar I started getting into it again. I realized the reason I “fell off the wagon” last time was the absence of a weekly review—an integral part to the success of the program. I was convinced that I “didn’t have time to do a weekly review”—apparently I just had too much stuff to do. I’ve since realized this was a horrible oversight and detrimental to the program’s success. I have since had two successful weekly reviews. And I must tell you it helps to provide an endcap to each week’s flow. And it also reinvigorates your trust in your personal system.

So right now I’m writing this post because I’m brainstorming my goals:

50,000+feet: Life
40,000 feet: Three- to five-year visions
30,000 feet: One- to two-year goals
20,000 feet: Areas of responsibility
10,000 feet: Current projects
Runway: Current actions

It’s difficult. But I guess something of this magnitude should. I tell ya though, I’m super excited to discover what these goals are and share them publicly.

“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.” – Vincent van Gogh