GTD update

Two pretty full days of processing stuff in the office according to the GTD method. I'm almost there, but took a few breaks and didn't completely finish. The email inbox is EMPTY except for a ghost message that Systems needs to make disappear. Messages somewhat haphazardly placed in Outlook's Next Action and Tickler folders, but they're out of the inbox anyway and ready to tackle in January. Office shelves are much much neater and many pieces of paper filed, 2 minute actions taken, three or more piles of books searched and sent to their next destination in the workflow. Also dusted to start the new year sparkly clean. The inbox still has a healthy pile of paper in it, plus piles on my little meeting table.

Listening to the audio version of David Allen's Getting Things Done was really useful during this work. He was reading the text, so wasn't as lively as he probably would have been if I had hired him (if I could have afforded it) or attended one of the seminars, but that's okay. Hearing his voice was enough to keep me in the groove of the project.

So 2006 will start with a pretty clean slate despite the remaining piles, and how about that email inbox!!!