Three or four months ago, I bought a book called ”Getting Things Done,” by David Allen, which then proceeded to sit around the house for the next few months since I didn’t really have anything to do. That has changed, however, and I thought I’d give the book a read to see if it might help me be more productive with my time. The book describes a system for organizing your projects and goals, and a methodology for producing results towards those ends. I’ve only been using it for a few days, but I’ve actually found it to be quite effective.
I’ve run into quite a bit of interest on the system out on the web (which is how I came upon it), and productivity-oriented sites (e.g. 43 folders, or LifeHacker) have a lot of tips on implementing the system. I’m trying out Kinkless GTD as my software tool of choice, but there are a few other approaches.