When I drag the top bar which houses all the tiny icons like battery downwards, I see the following: Quick access widgets on my phoneīoth Todoist and Evernote have awesome widgets for your phone (Android in my case, but I’m sure there are other versions too). The capturing happens in several ways below. The capturing must happen as soon as possible, so I tend to only add a keyword or two, and then organize later (this is what part 2 of this post is about). The most important thing, however, is to just choose one of the two and not spend too long thinking about it. My rule is: as soon as I think of something I (might) need or want to do in the future, no matter how vague it is, I have to capture it in Todoist or Evernote immediately. I tend to use Todoist for actions I’m quite sure I will do, like:Įvernote, on the other hand, is for ideas and “maybe” actions: So when I read GTD, the “capture everything” idea seemed a bit unnecessary. I have never really had problems with forgetting to do something I promised, failing to start a project on time, or missing a deadline. As I was writing this post I realized it’s a bit more information than I thought, so today I present only step one: capture everything! Capture everything Rather than the five steps of GTD, I see my system as just two steps: capture and organize. Ultimately, get more important things done in less time and with less stress! A rather ambitious goal, and the system is definitely not doing all of these things for me yet, but it’s a start. not get overwhelmed by everything that needs to be done.not overschedule my time / say no more often.

give me insight into how much I’ve already done.keep me focused on important projects, but not forget everything else.A lot of these ideas are based on Getting Things Done (if you haven’t read the book, see a short explanation by LifeHacker) with additional inspiration from podcasts, blog posts and conversations with others like Felienne and Noeska. Since the system is still evolving, I thought it would be helpful for myself to summarize it, as a way of figuring out where I might still need to tweak things. I’ve talked about the planning system I’ve recently adopted in a few of my progress reports, but I realized there wasn’t a single place I could refer people to if I wanted to explain it to somebody.

Gtd setup todoist