Over at the 43folders googlegroup the question was asked whether it is possible and feasible to get back onto GTD (by David Allen) after letting life rush over you and getting “lost”.
A very helpful answer was posted by JoshD:
Seriously, the first thing to do is to realize that this is normal; you got caught up with life, and your systems got out of control. It happens, and the real trick is to learn how to stop circling around and blaming yourself, and gather your head back together. (…) And then you stop, take stock, scrape your head back into its container, and tweak your inputs and outputs. Just a tiny bit. Next time, it’ll take less time to feel out of control, and it’ll be less of a mess. And again, and again.
He provides a very good motivation to actually do get back on track and provides some ideas how to do it. If you ever experienced the same problem, if you do feel it could happen to you or if you just want to keep a well written piece of text handy: go there, copy the two postings by JoshD and print them out, make a tattoo or some other permanent form of storage!
0 Responses to “Getting back on track?”