Stress-free productivity does exist

GTD is a personal productivity system that allows us not only to get things done efficiently, but also eliminates the stress coming from the excessive commitments we all acquire too often. David Allen, creator of GTD, does know that this over-commitment, although overwhelming, is not the real culprit of our distress.

Applications are no longer islands in the sea. The standalone application that provided users with everything they need is dead. Thanks to APIs, we can connect with other services, allowing operational complementation and enhancing the resources of our app. FacileThings is no exception. Let us review the benefits of connecting our Twitter and Evernote accounts to this service and how it changes the way we work.

Horizontal focus is the key to a relaxed control over your daily activities. It is about clearly defining the outcomes you want—your projects—and the next actions required to achieve them, and creating reminders on a trusted system that you review regularly.

Something that all the people interested in the existing methods of personal organization and productivity have in common is a deep desire to reach a future state much better than today’s. These people have control over what is happening and, therefore, seek ways to do things better, faster or easier. They are people willing to admit that they might need to change some habits. This leads to a paradox: people who want to be more productive are actually those who need it the least.

We have just released the new user interface for the Project Management section of FacileThings. It incorporates a new design, new technologies to improve its performance and make it easier to use, and some new features that users have demanded and we have found fully compatible with the GTD methodology.