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What does everyone do for a living

What does everyone do for a living? Just curious. Want to see if I can relate to anyone and how GTD plays out in their work.

I am a manager for a restaurant.

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One-man team GTD

Chrome47 wrote:
Sorry I missed the fact you were female. (But "DStaub11" doesn't really denote gender!)

I suppose you're right about the important thing being tracking projects and NAs and the Weekly Review. (I go nuts if I don't do my Weekly Review.)

So is it mostly things like tracking gigs, learning new instruments, or writing/recording songs?


Chrome, you originally asked your question of me, and my genderless username hides the fact that I'm male. :)

I agree with DStaub11 that the one-person team doesn't allow for a lot of delegation. I do keep a short Waiting For list of things I've e-mailed about, or things people say they will give me, but I don't get to hand off actual tasks.

GTD helps me keep track of everything, since I basically have to do it all. I used to forget things and then get surprised -- now nothing goes unnoticed, and I can find things when I need them.

 
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