How Do You Recover From a GTD Disaster?

Hey, everyone. I am not Brett, but I play him on TV. No that’s not it!!! I am Jason from Black Belt Productivity, and today I am pinch hitting for the new father.

I want to congratulate Brett and family on the birth of their new daughter. I also want to thank him for the privilege to be a part of this forum of GTD discussion. Thanks, Brett for the invite. I am honored.

WOW, as they say in the commercial, life does come at you fast. Sometimes, if you are not on your GTD game, you can really allow yourself to get behind.

Whether it happens as the result of you just getting mentally lazy for a period of time, or you just get overwhelmed, every one of us from time to time allow our systems to get a little out of control. If you are like me, this goes to bed with you. Inevitably, you end up keeping track of some things in your head if you allow your system to get…not so air tight. This is not good. I, personally, lose sleep when I am in this condition. The whole idea of GTD, of course, is to achieve a “mind like water”. So carrying around stuff in your head is certainly counter productive to achieving that.

So when you get off track, and you get out of control, what do we do to recover some sense of sanity and peace of mind?

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