A couple of years ago I read 'Getting Things Done' by David Allen. It's about being productive and organised. The guy reckons everyone should have a way of managing their responsibilities so that as you work on any particular thing you can rest safe in the knowledge that it is exactly the thing that you should be doing at that time; nothing else is more important. A system that helps you achieve a 'mind like water'...
So, I've been unhappy with my staying-organised-software for a while, and yesterday I stumbled across a piece of software called Midnight Inbox. It's a really impressive piece of software to implement the David Allen stuff. Ingeneous, looks fantastic, costs ~AUS$40. Frugal-little-me then got looking, and I settled on dowloading iGTD instead. It has most of the features of Midnight Inbox, but looks (sadly) like a PC application :( even though it's OS X thru-and-thru.
I'm sorely tempted to get Midnight Inbox, still. I'll make that decision when I don't have exams to pass...
Exams
On that note, my Old Testament exam is on Monday. New Testament on Wednesday. Church History on Friday. I think all of them are on-track at the moment. It's just a lot of work. Thank God for exceptionally good lecturers, great blokes in my study group, and the real pleasure of learning the stuff.One highlight? Hmmm... looking at Mark today was great. I was struck again by the way Jesus' kingship (messiah) is totally inseparable from his suffering: he's king in his crucifixion. That continues to stagger me. "The Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many" Mark 10:45.
2 comments:
As you know Bern, I'm not into personal org software, but it's nice the have GTD blogged about anyway.
I'm interested to know if you find that the world of study makes GTD less relevant, helpful and easy to implement?
It seems especially good for jobs and lives that are full of many, various moving parts - a lot of horizontal activity. But have you found it works well for study which requires more depth in fewer things - a lot of vertical activity?
Yeah, you're right about study: it's not a lifestyle that reaps the full benefit of GTD. But I think part of what I've found this year is that the simpicity (vertical nature) of study life has made me lazy (less rigorous) with GTDing the rest of my life - and I've suffered as a result.
So while GTD might be more relevant to work than study, I think the benefits are still there in the less structured bits of life (even the elements of study that aren't imposed deadlines).
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