{"id":15595,"date":"2016-12-30T11:31:27","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T19:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/?p=15595"},"modified":"2016-12-30T11:32:38","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T19:32:38","slug":"the-best-time-to-do-a-gtd-weekly-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2016\/12\/the-best-time-to-do-a-gtd-weekly-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The best time to do a GTD Weekly Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15597 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DA-Oct2016-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DA-Oct2016-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DA-Oct2016-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DA-Oct2016-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DA-Oct2016-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DA-Oct2016.jpg 1033w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The strength of GTD awareness and ability is knowing that the best time to do a GTD Weekly Review is when you least feel like doing it. The strange force that seems to make these simple but powerful habits so challenging is that we think we need to have the result of the behavior, before we can engage in the behavior.<\/p>\n<p>We feel we need to be in control before we can plan, we need to be organized before we can get organized, and we need to know what\u2019s going on before we can sit down to figure out what\u2019s going on. Strange, aren\u2019t we?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013David Allen<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The strength of GTD awareness and ability is knowing that the best time to do a GTD Weekly Review is when you least feel like doing it. 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