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Different Tools/System for Work and Personal Stuff

I was just wondering if there was anyone else out there that, like me, uses different GTD tools for personal items and work?

For example, for a personal capture device I use and Moleskine Ruled Pocket Notebook. For my work capture device I use a Levenger Notepad (The letter sized Cornell-like one), For whatever reason, I am far more comfortable using a standard letter sized pad at work, one page a day, carrying forward any undone items to a new page and filing yesterdays away (though I am strongly considering a Circa). This is only one example and there are at least a couple of others.

Is there anyone else who does something like this?

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Myself, I'm in front of...

GnihTon wrote:
Myself, I'm in front of a computer most of the day running Outlook, and so I keep my calendar, tasks, and contacts in Outlook and sync to my Palm when I leave the desk. However, I also have a stack of 3x5s in my pocket for data capture. This allows me to have the most current glance at my actions wherever I am (along with all my contacts and the hard landscape of time), but at the same time provides a quick capture device (note cards) when necessary.

I've actually been using a PDA this way lately to great success. I basically treat it as a read-only device, for reference when I'm away from my computer, and I carry a few index cards with me for capture. But my calendar, contacts, task list on my laptop are the system of record.

 
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