{"id":15765,"date":"2017-03-02T08:55:58","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T16:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/?p=15765"},"modified":"2017-03-02T09:09:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T17:09:28","slug":"choosing-a-gtd-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2017\/03\/choosing-a-gtd-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing a GTD system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> How should I choose which system to use (digital vs. paper) for GTD?<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15766\" src=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/todolist-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"todolist\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/todolist-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/todolist.jpg 511w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>David Allen:<\/strong> Pay attention to your intuition, or just simply: What do you feel like using as a system? We\u2019ve discovered people\u00a0tend to resist the GTD\u00ae implementation process enough as it is, so you need all the help you can get to be motivated\u00a0to work the system. If you know you\u2019d like to be digital, don\u2019t waste time on a paper system. But if you like the look\u00a0and touch and feel of a cool notebook, go for it. No system works unless you work it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: How should I choose which system to use (digital vs. paper) for GTD? David Allen: Pay attention to your intuition, or just simply: What do you feel like using as a system? We\u2019ve discovered people\u00a0tend to resist the GTD\u00ae implementation process enough as it is, so you need all the help you can get &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2017\/03\/choosing-a-gtd-system\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Choosing a GTD system&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,736,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-david-allen","category-educational-tools","category-productivity-tips","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- 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