From: Jonathan Arkell <jonathana@criticalmass.com>
To: Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com>
Cc: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: GTD: Tags or Custom TODO states?
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:28:24 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4147DA15-E59B-46BC-ABA4-CF74AE2D8895@criticalmass.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinBLQNnH9MO1pwszz2dgQxcSj82HGQBXXYOj20M@mail.gmail.com>
On Jun 18, 2010, at 4:51 PM, Matt Price wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> So, I'm going to try to implement David Allen's Getting Things Done
> using org-mode, as so many other people have done already. I'd like
> to set things up more or less right the first time, but since GTD is
> brand-new to me (just finished the book today!) and I'm still only
> barely competent at org-mode, I'm a little anxious about the choices I
> need to make. I think I understand some of the steps I have to take
> now, but would love some advice from all the GTD'ers out there. So
> here goes:
Don't be anxious, just do it! Imagine if I came to you and said:
"I'm going to try to make a 3d movie like Toy Story using (latest-and-greatest-3d-package-here), as so many people have done already. I'd like to set things up more ore less right hte first time, but since 3d animation is brand-new to me, I'm a little anxious about the choices I need to make."
Start Simple. Just get used to the todo state changes, and how they work, then maybe dive into org-remember (not too deep! That whole thing is going through a re-write, so do just enough to get the job done!). This will at least get you through the Collection phase of things.
Next up, learn about Refiling and how that works, then you've got the Process/Organize end of the equation sorted out.
After that, Learn about the Agenda--stuck projects in particular will be a BOON. This will help you in the review cycle, not only weekly, but daily, and perhaps even the higher-level 20-50K feet reviews as your system matures.
But be prepared for the first draft of your system to be exactly that, a first draft. You're just learning about org-mode **and** GTD, both of these things are deep and full of much mojo. So 3 years from now, your approach to GTD, and implementation in org-mode are going to be radically different.
The thing about org-mode is that it starts as being a reasonably functional system out of the box for GTD, but hte more you take the time to learn it, the better you can customize it to make it **your** GTD implementation.
Bernt's Doc has been invaluable to my own implementation process.
http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html
Don't try to do EVERYTHING there, just pick and choose which features you feel you really need.
Cheers!
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-18 22:51 GTD: Tags or Custom TODO states? Matt Price
2010-06-20 15:58 ` Bernt Hansen
[not found] ` <AANLkTin50G_xgMtDpwcNQuD1vcCNeIJ2MRiVIlbUyO8t@mail.gmail.com>
2010-06-21 1:37 ` Matt Price
2010-06-23 16:28 ` Jonathan Arkell [this message]
2010-06-23 17:21 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-06-23 17:33 ` Markus Heller
2010-06-30 10:38 ` Noorul Islam K M
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