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Originally Posted by wayne4
The GTD method is complex
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No, it isn't. At its heart, the GTD premise is this: Tasks are more successfully completed if you break them down into smaller pieces, or action steps. And those action steps are more efficiently completed if they are grouped together by common location or work area.
And here are the five basic working elements of that premise:
1. Any task that involves two or more action steps is called a project.
2. Think through (and list) the action steps that will be needed in order to complete the project, and determine where, how, when, and with whom you will complete each step.
3. That where/how/when/with whom part is what's known in GTD parlance as "context."
4. "Contexts" is where the actual work is done, where each step of every project is grouped and worked through to completion (phone calls, errands, emails, etc.).
5. Perform weekly reviews of all your projects to make sure that you keep them moving forward. During these review sessions you will drop a few projects, push others back, and modify some (dates, action steps, etc.).
That's it. I think you're making OF and GTD far more complicated than they really are. As Lucas said, OF is a task manager, simple as that. It's not a database manager like DevonThink, or a project manager like OmniPlan. It's a GTD-based task manager (a very good one), that's all.
And as for GTD? Well, if you try to organize your work in line with the basics I've listed above, maybe you'll eventually discover that it is a lot easier than you think.
One last point. You've written many posts here, wayne4, asking for help and guidance with OF. And many of us have taken the time to offer you suggestions. Have you even tried any of those suggestions? Because your reply here to prosperjohn suggests otherwise.