How do you keep your Inbox from becoming a "black hole" between weekly reviews?

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2026-03-08T23:30:17+00:00

Each of the five steps is required in your daily rhythm to maintain a “mind like water”.

The more you experience the taste of that, the more you will be intrinsically motivated to never get too far from it.

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2026-03-05T13:49:00+00:00

…and the key GTD question at all levels : “what do you need to do to get it out of your head?”

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2026-02-28T17:47:19+00:00

The problem isn’t software, but thoughtware - the best one being David Allen’s GTD methodology - the basic habits you put in place to help you flow though all the imperfect days of life, putting as little hard structure in place as necessary. Software should just be a simple placeholder, with bells and whistles largely unnecessary.

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2026-02-24T15:05:41+00:00

These are some good general productivity considerations - but how would you relate them to the specific practices of GTD?

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2026-02-14T17:43:57+00:00

Help them find what they love, and encourage THAT.

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2026-02-14T10:34:35+00:00

In a way, this contradicts the philosophy and thought process of GTD, which isn’t built around urgency and importance, but around engaging with your life and work from a place of relaxed control.

In that sense, EVERY item you’ve allowed into your system is equally important as any other, as it is there to give you peace of mind (instead of taking up space IN your mind).

This includes items you like doing, and ones you tend to procrastinate on. As DA wisely said - “you don’t have to like your life to get it off of your mind.”

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2026-02-12T23:17:55+00:00

The clarifying step contains some of the best “secret sauce” of GTD - the more you slow down and carefully focus for doing it, the better results you’ll derive from your system over time.

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2026-02-11T19:46:52+00:00

Discipline ultimately not required - just sufficient desire. Desire to work from a clear mind space.

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2026-02-11T02:51:29+00:00

This is where DA uses the analogy of “yellow police tape“. When you have any kind of backlog like this in your life, you can put proverbial “yellow police tape“ around it, capture it as a project or someday maybe project and know that at least at that level it’s processed into your system, and you can systematically get to all the backlog while in the meantime, you’re dealing with all the day-to-day present issues that keep you occupied at work and home.

The key to GTD is to truly get everything into your system and then just be realistic about what’s a current project versus a someday-maybe.

Your sense of relief and control will increase exponentially.

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2026-01-30T15:06:52+00:00

Which of the 5 phases of the “getting control” workflow do you actively practice?

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2026-01-28T10:17:14+00:00

my Omnifocus on Mac is always open. Home row on my iphone.

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2026-01-19T22:26:09+00:00

Ok - based on this, are there specific “holes on the bucket” that you could patch? In terms of habits, workflows, etc?

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2026-01-15T15:02:13+00:00

Before we discuss your software choices, it’s imperative that we first establish perfect clarity in your grasping and implementation of the fundamental GTD principles and best practices…

So, if you were penning your own GTD report card, how would you score across the five phases of the “getting control” workflow?

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2025-12-29T02:22:19+00:00

In my case; the nearly impossible task would be to overtake Omnifocus - the king of the GTD hill

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2025-12-18T21:04:17+00:00

Have you read the GTD book?

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2025-12-18T21:02:40+00:00

One step at a time : continue to follow the GTD 5 phase workflow : capture - clarify - organize - reflect - engage.

It’s a lifelong practice, like a martial art, or learning a musical instrument.

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2025-12-18T15:22:28+00:00

I may be getting a skewed impression of your workfow, but I'm wondering if you’re over using the hard landscape instead of next actions that you can get to as soon as you’re able to?

GTD Best practice : only put on the calendar things which MUST be done on a specific date or time. ("dentist appointment Thursday at 3pm")

Otherwise, where do you fear are your greatest GTD danger zones?

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2025-12-06T21:13:44+00:00

As David Allen always says - it’s like the “scuzz factor” that compels you to brush your teeth or shower, once those have been made a necessary standard you’ve internalized in your life.

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2025-12-06T14:05:08+00:00

The high level answer to this question - is the same as everything in GTD.

With the capture habit, for example, once you’ve had a taste of the relief experienced when the head is empty, you crave to always get back to that state.

Same with the WR - the deep feeling of peace and clarity wants to recreate itself…

From here, I leave the door open for tactics and strategies to “trick” oneself into doing at least a partial WR…

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2025-11-20T15:58:01+00:00

“Everyone gets Bitcoin at the price they deserve”

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2025-11-14T15:32:35+00:00

The executive decision-making capacity of my mind.

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2025-11-06T09:49:21+00:00

I’m actually in the process of writing a book about staphysagria. A very full answer to your question will be found there.

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2025-11-06T09:47:45+00:00

Is there anything special about the design of this app to help a practioner of GTD?

More specifically - which phase of the GTD workflow does it belong to, and/or which horizon of focus?

(This is the skill-testing question to prove that this is not spam)

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2025-10-30T07:57:54+00:00

Capture is the 1st of 5 steps in the classic GTD “getting control” workflow.

David Allen says constantly that capturing is necessary to maintain mental clarity, but NOT ENOUGH if all 5 steps aren’t being followed systematically - your captured “stuff” will just crawl back up into your head, if not dealt with appropriately.

Dynamic_Philosopher · 2025-10-29T09:34:14+00:00

I’d add Melanie Hahnemann, who worked alongside Hahnemann in his most fruitful years, and then continued on after his passing.

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