{"id":702,"date":"2008-11-24T15:28:31","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T23:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/?p=702"},"modified":"2014-02-03T14:33:44","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T22:33:44","slug":"system-tip-from-a-gtdtimes-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2008\/11\/system-tip-from-a-gtdtimes-reader\/","title":{"rendered":"A way to manage project steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gtdtimes\/2008\/11\/yolandasystem.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-703\" src=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gtdtimes\/2008\/11\/yolandasystem.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><em>Community Contribution from Yolanda Otero, an HR Compliance Coordinator from AmerisourceBergen in Orlando Florida<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I been doing the GTD for the last 6 months and this has changed my day completely in a way that I&#8217;m more proactive, organized, and I have  full control of work time due to the way that I manage my time through the GTD process.<\/p>\n<p>This is an idea that I want to share with you all.\u00a0 I do a lot of projects and it was not easy to keep track of every step that a project has as a different task.\u00a0 What I do now is to write down all the steps in the body of the task and as I go to each task I mark the preceeding one &#8220;DONE&#8221;.\u00a0\u00a0 I change the subject, I type the new step # and change the due date and or category. 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Hope you like it too, thanks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community Contribution from Yolanda Otero, an HR Compliance Coordinator from AmerisourceBergen in Orlando Florida I been doing the GTD for the last 6 months and this has changed my day completely in a way that I&#8217;m more proactive, organized, and I have full control of work time due to the way that I manage my &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2008\/11\/system-tip-from-a-gtdtimes-reader\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A way to manage project 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