{"id":5132,"date":"2011-07-16T18:21:53","date_gmt":"2011-07-17T01:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/2011\/07\/16\/"},"modified":"2014-02-03T14:30:12","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T22:30:12","slug":"every-momma-needs-a-big-fat-physical-inbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2011\/07\/every-momma-needs-a-big-fat-physical-inbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Momma Needs a Big Fat Physical Inbox"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article is from Momma Can …<\/a>, a blog created and run by Pam List. Momma Can … is devoted to making life “less of a drudge of more of a joyful journey.”\u00a0 Pam is\u00a0a busy mother of two who says she would not have had time for the blog without\u00a0GTD.<\/em><\/p>\n

I am a big fan of David Allen\u2019s GTD system. He has written what I feel is the greatest productivity book in the history of the world.\u00a0 If you have not read it and you are an overwhelmed momma then please borrow from the library or buy yourself one.\u00a0 It is what keeps me sane.\u00a0 It allows me to find time in the crazy busy momma world. The best part of the system is the physical inbox, what I call my big fat inbox.<\/p>\n

The book is called Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity<\/em>. It simply rocks.<\/p>\n

His system in a very tiny nutshell for me is something like this.<\/p>\n

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  1. Collect all the Stuff and Write all the Stuff<\/strong> \u2013anything that comes into mommy land goes into my physical inbox.\u00a0 Mail, school papers, work papers, catalogues.\u00a0 Any awesome mommy idea that comes to my head gets written down and put into my physical inbox.\u00a0 This includes recipe ideas, family outing ideas, article ideas, coupon inserts, field trip forms etc.\u00a0 It can really get full.<\/li>\n
  2. Process the stuff <\/strong>into projects, tasks, or file it away for a rainy day, just in case, or a momma memory file. And clear out the box every single day all the way to the bottom. Projects can be planning family outing, planning purchases, meal planning or putting brochures in a file for my dream vacation. \"\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Review, plan,\u00a0do.\u00a0<\/strong> This really just means planning, scheduling for how and when all the things that need getting done will get done.
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    I cannot tell you how easy it is to get things done, when all of it can be found either in the inbox or filed away in a nice, crispy, new labeled folder.<\/a><\/p>\n

    This system is perfect for the mom who has ever:<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n