Tag: “Basic GTD”

Processing is the stage of the GTD workflow in which you make decisions. You get all the stuff you have collected and, one by one, decide what are you going to do with them.

A core concept of GTD is that the control of our daily activity (task and project management), to make sense and be done efficiently, it must be governed by a broader perspective (responsibilities, goals, vision and life purpose).

There are 3 basic rules you should follow if you want that the Processing Stage to fulfil its mission properly:

In GTD, the inbox does not refer only to your e-mail inbox. It is a broader concept that includes all the things you have collected in different ways: tasks you have to do, ideas you have thought of, notes, bills, business cards, etc…

Capturing is the first phase of your personal organization system, in which you try to capture all your incompletes and stuff in one location: your Inbox (not to be confused with the e-mail inbox).