Organizational overhaul
For a while I’ve wanted to overhaul my organizational system in hopes that I can improve my productivity and prevent important details from slipping by. In addition to my landlord ventures, I have a full time job and am also starting my own software company.
So, this weekend I made the move to implement the Getting Things Done system. The basic premise is that you:
- capture all the things that need to get done into a logical and trusted system outside of your head and off your mind
- disciplining yourself to make decisions about all the inputs you let into your life, so that you will always have a plan for next actions that you can implement or renegotiate at any moment
In the next few days, I will describe how I fit my landlording into the system, what worked, and what didn’t. If anybody has or does use this system I would appreciate your thoughts.
Thanks kengo for the image.
December 7th, 2006 at 5:33 pm
I’ve tried the system and I’d have to say that the book provides a solid basis for being organized and productive. I think you’re going to soon find, however, that your own methods of keeping your work pattern coherent will deviate far from the patterns in the book. Kudos to the author for helping people get organized, but I don’t think he’s writing about anything terribly new and profound.