I tried doing the whole works but the only lasting things from GTD were:
1) start each item on your todo lists with a verb
2) get lots and lots of folders and just keep creating new folders in a flat hierarchy to organize things all the time. Even easier on a computer on a computer.
> get lots and lots of folders and just keep creating new folders in a flat hierarchy to organize things all the time.
That's the most persistently useful thing I got from GTD. I have a cabinet full of plain, labeled paper folders for filling. 90% of them I don't really check at all, but I whenever I need that random document, booklet, photo, or whatever, I can always find it there quickly.
1) start each item on your todo lists with a verb
2) get lots and lots of folders and just keep creating new folders in a flat hierarchy to organize things all the time. Even easier on a computer on a computer.
A shredder is also good.