Getting things done

I have taken the plunge and bought David Allen’s "Getting Things Done."  After reading all the rage about this book, including countless testimonials on how this organizational system has transformed people’s lives, I succumbed to the herd mentality, got my own copy, and started reading the book last night.  I have covered the first chapter, which essentially prepares the ground for the productivity management system and gives an overview of how stressed we are and how much we need this book.  What I have read actually makes sense, and whereas I do not know whether the whole productivity management system will simply be a convoluted and complicated system that ends-up being unmanageable, I think that at the very least it will give me a handle on the many areas of my life that need input from me:

• Personal life - with a baby on its way (No. 3 !) we have many practical things that need doing before the due date in late June.
• Work - I have recently changed jobs within my own organization, and there is a tonne of stuff that needs doing.  Apart from learning the ropes of the Gibraltar Land Registry, we are scheduled to take-on a huge amount of business this year.
• Work - I am working towards gaining professional membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and at the moment I am working flat-out to cover all the necessary competencies required, and will need to complete a Critical Analysis (Thesis) before I for a peer-review-type of interview.
• Church - We are looking at various projects for Living Waters for this year.

Tags: Getting Things Done, GTD, David Allen, Productivity, Organization

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