Comments on: GTD – 1 Year Later http://awanderingmind.com/2009/01/15/gtd-1-year-later/ How I deal with all the clutter in my head... and other geeky goodness Wed, 16 May 2012 14:31:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Smoking Tires On The Someday List | A Wandering Mind http://awanderingmind.com/2009/01/15/gtd-1-year-later/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Smoking Tires On The Someday List | A Wandering Mind Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:34:30 +0000 http://awanderingmind.com/?p=113#comment-61 [...] may ask, does this little rambling story have to do with GTD? Well, you may recall that in my post GTD - 1 Year Later, I mentioned that one of my week spots was the blatant lack of a Someday / Maybe list. Well, it is [...] [...] may ask, does this little rambling story have to do with GTD? Well, you may recall that in my post GTD – 1 Year Later, I mentioned that one of my week spots was the blatant lack of a Someday / Maybe list. Well, it is [...]

]]> By: Michael http://awanderingmind.com/2009/01/15/gtd-1-year-later/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Michael Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:33:58 +0000 http://awanderingmind.com/?p=113#comment-49 Congrats on your latest GTD year! Regarding the kitty litter: Best Practice: It’s your wife, isn't she important enough? Get up and take care of the kitty litter. Reality: acknowledge the request (barely nodding head or grunting) and then quickly forget about it until on the way up the stairs for bed at midnight, remember that there was something that was supposed to get done: go downstairs, poke around, have a midnight snack, forget why you were downstairs , and go to bed. Unfortunately there are so many angles to this question neither of the answers above is really good. The question is akin to the age old "how do I look?" challenge that we men sometimes get poked with. I believe the most healthy idea is to step into the 10,000 foot view and determine the health of the relationship and the continued direction you want it to be. The relative cost-benefit of ignoring-the-request* vs. doing-it-right-away as it relates to the relationship is a more important decision than this-is-a-good-chapter vs. the-kitty-box-stinks. Based on these qualifications, it would likely negate the need to have a GTD reminder. And if you really, really needed to do it later you can put something nearby to reminder you – I like to put something out-of-order in the room that will remind me to remember to think about what I might need to do – and then apologize profusely when you forget about it anyway. *Note: even if you intend to do it later, not doing it right away can appear to be ignoring it Hope that helps, skywalker! Congrats on your latest GTD year!

Regarding the kitty litter:
Best Practice: It’s your wife, isn’t she important enough? Get up and take care of the kitty litter.
Reality: acknowledge the request (barely nodding head or grunting) and then quickly forget about it until on the way up the stairs for bed at midnight, remember that there was something that was supposed to get done: go downstairs, poke around, have a midnight snack, forget why you were downstairs , and go to bed.

Unfortunately there are so many angles to this question neither of the answers above is really good. The question is akin to the age old “how do I look?” challenge that we men sometimes get poked with.

I believe the most healthy idea is to step into the 10,000 foot view and determine the health of the relationship and the continued direction you want it to be. The relative cost-benefit of ignoring-the-request* vs. doing-it-right-away as it relates to the relationship is a more important decision than this-is-a-good-chapter vs. the-kitty-box-stinks. Based on these qualifications, it would likely negate the need to have a GTD reminder. And if you really, really needed to do it later you can put something nearby to reminder you – I like to put something out-of-order in the room that will remind me to remember to think about what I might need to do – and then apologize profusely when you forget about it anyway.

*Note: even if you intend to do it later, not doing it right away can appear to be ignoring it

Hope that helps, skywalker!

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