Beware of over-tweaking to do lists
For years, I’ve used the Getting Things Done (GTD) method by David Allen and have found it to be a wonderful way to process the stuff that comes into my life.
In the beginning, I was motivated. I loved the sense of control and hope the system provided me.
Then, I found myself spending hours tweaking lists, buying expensive apps and tweaking contexts (read the book), leading me to conclude that GTD was just another procrastination method.
Making GTD complicated goes against what David Allen intended. He created GTD to be paper-based and simple. He did not want us to spend inordinate time designing lists.
Now, that I am back to a simple excel list, I have found more space in my heads for important “deep work.”