Tips for Recycling Past Classes

It’s almost a guarantee, no matter what your major, that your classes will eventually begin to overlap and build on each other. That is why it is so important to take full advantage of the work you’ve already put into past classes. REUSING PAST PROJECTS An important aspect of this system is the direct reuse of past projects. For example I remember taking an English class in which I needed to write a persuasive...

GTD Mastery 100: Step 18

To read my complete journey to GTD Mastery see the main post. Step 18 to GTD Mastery is: I maintain a “Someday/Maybe list,” and regularly review and update this list during daily and weekly reviews. Last week we talked about the weekly review in Step 17. One of the items on my weekly review checklist is to review my Someday/Maybe list. This involves two steps: 1) Transferring active projects to your project...

GTD Mastery 100: Step 17

To read my complete journey to GTD Mastery see the main post. Step 17 to GTD Mastery is: I have a weekly review scheduled for each week. I have a reminder set up on my cell phone for 7:00 AM on Sundays. My family is still sleeping so I’m able to perform the weekly review free of distractions. Ricky Spears posted a must-read article on “Why We Resist the Weekly Review and Plan (and What You Can Do About...

GTD Mastery 100: Step 16

To read my complete journey to GTD Mastery see the main post. I haven’t decided on a paper filing system yet, but your comments have been insightful. If you haven’t already, feel free to share your paper filing system here. You are on my waiting for list =D. Nevertheless, the journey continues. Step 16 to GTD Mastery is: I only have physical actions on my Next Actions lists—no multi-step projects. I used to...

GTD Mastery 100: Call for Help

To read my complete journey to GTD Mastery see the main post. This is going to be a different kind of post in the GTD Mastery series. Today, I’m asking our readers to help me with: Step 15 to GTD Mastery: I have a paper file system which is fun and fast to use, perhaps using an automatic labeler. That’s right. I don’t have a filing cabinet or an automatic labeler (waits for the gasps of horror to subside). ...

GTD Mastery 100: Step 14

To read my complete journey to GTD Mastery see the main post. Step 14 to GTD Mastery is: I have a tickler file or reminder system in place which is fun and fast to use. My cell phone’s calendar has day and time-specific reminders. I use these for appointments, daily/weekly tasks, etc. As I wrote about in my GTD implementation for students, I use Vitalist to create a tickler system for only my school assignments. ...