Getting Things Done

As the officially coronated Spreadsheet Queen (with the recently bestowed adjunct title of Micro-Managing Brand Freak), I thought I would really like the system set out in Getting Things Done by David Allen. But in short, I hated it because it is so prescriptive.

Rather than teaching a man to fish, it tells him exactly which pole to buy in which colour and the time of day (down to the second) when the fishing must be done. I agree with some of the basic principles like ‘delete, defer or delegate’ and I do love having an empty inbox. However this book is only for Virgos, whether you believe in astrology or not!

One valuable takeaway is to put everything you need to do on a single list, rather than having items scattered everywhere. I have at least consolidated my lists and it does help.