We’ve all been there at least once – we’ve just finished reading GTD and are now sitting in the presence of a myriad of choices as to how to implement the GTD system. What tools shall I use? Digital or Analog (or a hybrid of the two)? It can be quite daunting, to be sure.
One of the purposes of this blog is to keep an account of my experiences as a budding GTDer so that others may avoid some mistakes I’ve made. And, while a choice of implementation isn’t the biggest part of starting GTD, it can sometimes be the one thing that sours newcomers to the entire methodology (i.e., they choose system X, get it all set up, then realize that it’s not going to work for them and decide to scrap the whole GTD idea as a result).
I found such a person during my travels of the old Internet earlier this evening. Darren at the djp blog is looking at all of the hundreds of possible implementation methods and wondering where to turn. Being the analog GTDer that I am, I’ve decided to help Darren out a little bit and possibly influence his decision in the process…
I’m going to send Darren his very own Hipster PDA (and I’ll even include a fancy Pilot G-2 mini, my pen of choice if my Fisher Bullet goes missing). He need only email me his street address (which he can do from here) and it’ll be promptly shipped out.
I truly believe that all GTDers should start with a pure analog system for the same reason I think everybody should learn to drive in a car with a manual transmission – there may come a time when all you have is paper and you’ll have to make it happen. That’ll be a much easier feat if you were all-paper in the past; just like riding a bike, I think.
Darren, welcome to the club. The GTD community is a vibrant one and you’re truly in the company of some masters of the art. Cheers!
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Written by Brett Kelly
GTD, Practical