16 February 2011

Time Management - Readers links

The following are links recommended by our readers. Thanks to everyone who has submitted a link in a comment, I will continue to capture them in posts from here on so they are easier to find on the blog.

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David Allen the well known author of 'Getting Things Done' has a free downloadable article on his website called Organising a Paper Planner, in it outlines how he would set up his planner sections to fit with his GTD philosophy.

I used his recommendations for setting up my A5 desk planner. To get a copy of the article and his other free articles go to his website and click on the 'Buy Now' links, they are free, but you will have to set up a simple account on the site.

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  1. Jotje16 February, 2011 08:03

    Love that comic strip! I can relate: with all ToDo-lists neatly in place, I sometimes wonder why they don't do anything?

    A friend of mine found "To Do" too ambivalent and started calling his list "Do it!".
    I kinda get his point ...

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  2. Gar16 February, 2011 08:43

    I can recommend the GTD Virtual Study group which is a podcast of regular GTD "followers" sharing hints and tips. Great stuff. http://gtd-vsg.blogspot.com/

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  3. dannielo16 February, 2011 11:15

    If you’d like a tool for managing your time and projects, you can use this web-application inspired by David Allen’s GTD:

    http://www.Gtdagenda.com

    You can use it to manage and prioritize your goals, projects and tasks, set next actions and contexts, use checklists, schedules and a calendar.
    Syncs with Evernote, and also comes with mobile-web, Android and iPhone apps.

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  4. Globetrotting Cacti16 February, 2011 11:37

    Thanks for sharing the links.

    I am changing my "to do" list to "DO IT" list! LOVE that idea...

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  5. Amanda Fleet16 February, 2011 14:28

    The four-bucket post is excellent. I hadn't quite thought about it like this, but it works really well. At work tomorrow, (lack of the usual crises allowing!) I might re-jig my work filo with this post in mind. I can see 5 tabs ending up as:
    Monthly bucket, catch-all bucket (a.k.a. "Do it!"), daily bucket, info bucket, and the extra tab (since it is supposed to be 4 buckets...) would have blank note paper. The info bucket may end up with some sub-categories to find things a bit better, but the core would fit.

    How do others set up their work filos/work method?

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  6. caribbean princess16 February, 2011 15:08

    I Love the DO IT list!! That is such a great idea Jotje. I have been using the weekdate solely for ToDos and it is working wonderfully with my Adelphi work filo :-)

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  7. Tim Edwards16 February, 2011 15:09

    GTD may be the "in" thing, but the original Time Manager results tool (from 1975!) is still hard to beat to my mind! Here's a link to a short article on the key principles: -

    http://www.timemanager.com/timemanager/int/webmenu.nsf/framesets/About+Time+Manager

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  8. Tim Edwards16 February, 2011 15:11

    http://www.timemanager.com/timemanager/int/webmenu.nsf/framesets/About+Time+Manager

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  9. Petra16 February, 2011 19:21

    Part II of the Building a Smarter To-Do List has been especially invaluable to me. In the past I've just put everything that needs doing or that I think I should be doing on a long to-do list, with the result that most of the list just gets shifted along for weeks or months.

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  10. Jo Austin17 February, 2011 11:47

    love the comic strip.. so much like me!!

    However, I did spend nearly three hours 'doing up' my filofax yesterday. I now don't have plain inserts.. I have customised beautiful coloured ones.. all laminated and perfect for scribbling on!! lol. Just don't know how to show you the pics..

    Jo xx

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  11. Petra17 February, 2011 13:25

    Jo, upload them to Flickr and then give us a link. Sure do want to see colorful and laminated inserts!

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  12. Katie23 February, 2011 09:22

    Woah, that comic strip is two months younger than I am! I feel so young!

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  13. Zeb09 January, 2014 13:04

    Hi Steve, I know this is an old post, but I thought you'd like to know that GTD don't offer the Organising a Paper Planner for free anymore. I tried to download/buy the file from the link on this post and found that it wouldn't let me get the file. I contacted GTD and they advised that the Organizing a Paper Planner has been added to and modified into a new product called "GTD and Paper Organizers Setup Guide" and is no longer free. They were wonderful enough to send me a complimentary copy which I'll be reading and reviewing once I've implemented the things I've learned from it.

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