{"id":16209,"date":"2017-08-17T09:13:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T16:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/?p=16209"},"modified":"2017-08-19T08:57:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-19T15:57:06","slug":"5-signs-youre-getting-better-at-gtd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2017\/08\/5-signs-youre-getting-better-at-gtd\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Signs You\u2019re Getting Better at GTD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16210\" src=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GTD_logo_rgb_250x250-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GTD_logo_rgb_250x250-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GTD_logo_rgb_250x250-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GTD_logo_rgb_250x250.png 521w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>1. It feels weird to keep stuff on your mind<br \/>\n<\/b>Capturing what has your attention is a key practice with GTD. Getting better at GTD means you are capturing what\u2019s on your mind when it shows up, moment-by-moment and keeping something ON your mind, well, it just feels weird.<\/p>\n<p><b>2. You empty your inboxes regularly<\/b><br \/>\nNo getting around this one. If your inboxes aren\u2019t processed to zero on a regular basis (at least weekly in your Reviews), you won\u2019t fully trust your priority decisions, because of the unknown factor of what\u2019s lurking in any unprocessed stacks.<\/p>\n<p><b>3. You don\u2019t fight the Weekly Review<\/b><br \/>\nThe Weekly Review is the glue that keeps GTD together. Getting better at GTD means you willingly create the space and time in your life to get clear, current, and creative and no longer make excuses that you don\u2019t have time for it.<\/p>\n<p><b>4. You feel good about what you\u2019re not doing<\/b><br \/>\nThis one is big, but can be subtle at the same time. GTD is as much as about feeling good about what you\u2019re choosing to do, as it is feeling good about what you are choosing NOT to do. The latter comes from having a complete and current inventory of projects and actions so you know what\u2019s not getting done when you are getting other things done.<\/p>\n<p><b>5. You naturally start projects asking, \u201cWhat\u2019s the purpose?\u201d<\/b><br \/>\nProjects don\u2019t always arrive in neat packages. And, the purpose you see may not be the purpose others see. Getting better at GTD means you clarify the purpose on the front-end of projects, to make sure you and any others on the project are aligned to the \u201cwhy?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>How are you doing on these? Any areas of improvements?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013by Coach Kelly Forrister<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. It feels weird to keep stuff on your mind Capturing what has your attention is a key practice with GTD. Getting better at GTD means you are capturing what\u2019s on your mind when it shows up, moment-by-moment and keeping something ON your mind, well, it just feels weird. 2. You empty your inboxes regularly &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2017\/08\/5-signs-youre-getting-better-at-gtd\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;5 Signs You\u2019re Getting Better at GTD&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16211,"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":[736,716,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educational-tools","category-free-resources","category-productivity-tips","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast 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