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I wrestle with this matter a lot!

I spend a great deal of thinking time battling with the concept of balancing my work alongside my personal time.

For many years now I have structured my routines, systems and technology and schedule ...

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Can’t see the wood for the trees?

Do you ever have that feeling of being disoriented with everything you do and don’t know how to do that health check on how you’re getting on?

Sure your lists are in place and you’re working through your priorities and there’s always something to do next. But it’s that sensation or nagging thought, ...

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So I broke the cardinal rule of any Getting Things Done (GTD) system. I have not carried out a review my productivity system for weeks.

Reviewing (or “Reflect”) is step four of the GTD process and is essentially a check in on your projects and tasks ...

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Now just because I write about productivity and publish a blog on Life Design doesn’t mean I have it all figured out. This last week was proof of that!

Up until these last several days I have been able to deliver on my commitment to limit my ...

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As I use my "clarify" and "review" processes in my GTD (Getting Things Done) workflow, I still need to make sure that I actually have the time to do the tasks and projects that I plan for.

I have a demanding schedule in my professional ...

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Living in the moment

So I now have overall clarity of what I have to do, when and how I need to do it and I have the time set aside to complete my things to do, leaving me to work through my tasks and complete my projects. This is how I get my work done with the reward that ...

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Living in the moment

So far I have shared my Collect, Clarify and Organize steps in my GTD based productivity process. When I keep the discipline, as I “preach” about in my previous posts, this process works great for me. There is nothing more rewarding than getting to the end of ...

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Living in the moment

As I work through the things I need to do, I have so far collected them in one place (my preferred productivity software) and clarified what needs to be done and also how I will go about doing it.

So I now have a list of tasks that have been assigned ...

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Now that I have captured everything I need to do, my next step is to clarify and add more detail to each of those tasks. I do this by asking myself some simple questions, what kind of task is it and when does it need to be done?

What ...

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My first step is to have a good understanding of what I have to do. This is the time I collect or Capture all my individual to do’s and tasks. Sometimes I will have things to do that will themselves have multiple actions and it’s then that I ...


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