Homekeeping

Getting things done at home – Summary

May 28, 2008

After a few days of chewing over the Getting Things Done (GTD) system I thought it might be useful to do a quick summary of the steps involved. Collect Get everything out of your head, gather all the little bits around the house and in the car and get them into your in tray. Empty [...]

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Getting things done at home – Reviewing

May 27, 2008

Image via Wikipedia Here we are at the last stage of the Getting Things Done (GTD) system. For me, this is the engine room of the system. And, unfortunately, a part I often fail to do. Reviewing the system allows you to feel good about what you’ve achieved, see where you are heading and perhaps [...]

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My day of getting things done

May 24, 2008

Today I spent some time going through my in tray and taking some next actions. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I achieved. Some of the things I completed were: Wiping down the kickboards in the kitchen ALL the ironing Mopped the floors Some research and back end work for Journeyer’s Chronicles Reconciled our [...]

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Getting things done at home – Emptying the in tray

May 23, 2008

Now that we have a full to overflowing in tray it’s time to use Getting Things Done (GTD) to empty it. This is one part of the system that I get stuck at, which is strange because it is one of my favourite parts. It’s where you get to toss things out, get little things [...]

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Getting things done at home – Collection

May 22, 2008

Today I’m starting my renewed focus on David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) system. In my review of the book Getting Things Done, I mentioned that I am using the system in a fashion, but I’ve wandered off the path a bit and I’m not getting as much done as I’d like. The procrastination monster [...]

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Giving love to your family

May 20, 2008

Image via Wikipedia I recently read an article in a tattered copy of O magazine from the library that got me thinking. In the article, the author reminisced about her mother, a woman “unpretentious, without frills or tricks”. In particular the author wrote about her mother’s love of cooking and her expertise in the kitchen. [...]

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