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Yes, it official. I have decided to embark on the journey that is called Getting Things Done.

Phase 1

Buy the book, Getting Things Done

Phase 2

Read the book. Some parts need to be read more than once. I may end up re-reading whole chapters in the future to make sure I'm not screwing it all up.

Phase 3

Unfortunately it will not be profit. Phase 3 for me will involve putting the practices which I've read about into play. This will be the hardest part because it is meant to not be a piecemeal activity. It is designed to be a high barrier to entry because the system, according to the author, only works if you get wholly invested in using it. If you only do a little bit, it will very quickly become ineffective and thus useless.

The good news is that you can do the prep work for getting invested on little chunks and that's what I'm doing right now. I spent time yesterday buying supplies and making my 43 folders. With that kind of stupid stuff out of the way, hopefully it will be easier to set aside the 8 hours or whatever it takes to get into the system.

Phase 4

Once I'm in the system, I need to remember not to push it on other people. This kind of system is pretty intense and it needs to be something people take up on their own.

So, that's the plan. It will be interesting to see if I can hang with it. My track record on things like this isn't good -- but after reading the book (well, I'm almost done) I think I see why I haven't been very good at sticking with previous systems and it's all in Phase 3 above.