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How to implement GTD for university students
Lilly252 | Jan 15 2006
Hello all, This weekend I took out seven HUGE trash bags out of my office after cleaning everything hidden in every corner. I had boxes that had never been unpacked from four moves ago that are GONE! What a liberating feeling! I don't have my tickler file set up, but have my someday/maybe and my "next actions" set up. The entire office is set up like a GTD Central Command. I had been using the Hipster last semester before life took a weird turn. Anyways.... the reason for my question is this... I'm a doctoral student, and as such I have weekly assignments for classes, papers for the semester, and some independent projects that I"m working on like grant proposals, etc. I keep wondering what the best way of keeping track of everything, and I can't come up with anything concrete, so I thought I'd consult with the experts on this board. Thanks! 61 Comments
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 phd student who has totally gone gtdSubmitted by duus on January 31, 2006 - 9:31pm.
someone asked about electronic v. file folders for disseration research. I do both. I have PJ folders for "projects" which are actions.... (like write this section on this paper.) and I have PM folders which are reference/ideas. And the PMs are as specific as I can make them: PMTheoryDrivenVoting PMDecisionMaker PMValueOfCausalInformation. So a "paper" might be composed of many PMs, or put together in various ways. I also have a PM folder on my computer, with identically named subfolders. So if it's a physical thing, it goes in the manilla folder, if it's an electronic thing, it goes in the electronic one. And some have no electronic format, some have no physical format. So the "physical" and "electronic" are the SAME FOLDER, just in different formats. There's no need to commit to one *format*.... I also work on a wiki with some other academics. I organize my wiki work in the exact same manner. And of course, they all refer to each other. Hope that's helpful. » POSTED IN:
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