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Hello

Hi everyone,

I'm a complete GTD newbie and hope the system will help me to juggle multiple responsibilities more efficiently, so that I still have time to play. I'm a new PhD who is trying to get out of that post-dissertation-slump and find ways to balance teaching, writing, and life.

GTD-wise, I'm still at the experimental stage where I jump at each new tool I discover (ie I haven't found my trusted system yet). I just started using TaskToy the other day and so far I like it.

Quick question: when you started using GTD, how long did it take you to take care of the incredible backlog of stuff? At the moment, I find the sheer amount of backlog really daunting...

thanks,
Momo

 
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