{"id":16638,"date":"2018-02-15T14:00:49","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T22:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/?p=16638"},"modified":"2018-02-15T14:02:43","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T22:02:43","slug":"gtd-information-overload","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2018\/02\/gtd-information-overload\/","title":{"rendered":"GTD and Information Overload"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People complain about &#8220;information overload.&#8221; But, in truth, the most information-rich environment is the most relaxing&#8211;nature. We are actually more relaxed and stimulated by a plethora of input and multiple horizons, and nature provides that in spades. If you really wanted to go nuts, just put yourself in a room with no input (sensory deprivation.) The pressure of &#8220;too much information&#8221; is actually created by inputs that require thinking and decision-making (email, texts, meeting notes, commitments not engaged with appropriately, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>Nature is a bounty of cool things to notice, stimulating sights and sounds, but which require almost nothing of our minds.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013David Allen<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16640 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/aliunix-535672-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/aliunix-535672-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/aliunix-535672-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/aliunix-535672-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/aliunix-535672-1.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People complain about &#8220;information overload.&#8221; But, in truth, the most information-rich environment is the most relaxing&#8211;nature. 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