{"id":4356,"date":"2010-11-01T14:20:28","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T22:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/?p=4356"},"modified":"2014-02-03T14:38:06","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T22:38:06","slug":"a-reader-shares-about-gtd-as-brain-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2010\/11\/a-reader-shares-about-gtd-as-brain-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"A reader shares about GTD as brain exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>We received this\u00a0email from Paul,\u00a0about his journey from chaos to productivity with GTD:<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gtdtimes\/2010\/11\/iStock_000014525335XSmall.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4366\" title=\"iStock_000014525335XSmall\" src=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gtdtimes\/2010\/11\/iStock_000014525335XSmall-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>GTD has transformed (and I do mean transformed) my life.\u00a0 From chaos and stress\u00a0two years ago, I have found peace and order today, mainly as a result of implementing GTD across my life.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It occurred to me recently when watching one of David&#8217;s talks where he explained that we are all trying to operate in a digital world with a stone-age brain, that there are a lot of parallels between physical and mental exercise. 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