Get “Getting Things Done” Done with WSD

I’m a big fan of organization.  In fact, organization will always be both my love and hate, as I always try to become more organized, but always seem to end up less.  But I follow a few blogs to help me with some creative ideas that I always plan to implement someday, when my life is, well, more organized to allow me to have time for it.

I’ve heard of the popular book by David Allen, Getting Things Done.  While I’ve yet to read the entire book, I’ve read enough about it to know that it’s full of things I hate – buzzwords and catch phrases.  Things that sound snazzy on paper, but don’t make a whole lot of sense as far as real application goes.  You can’t just jump into GTD and expect yourself to become an organizational guru.

Well, today I came across a post on Unclutterer about Tim Chase’s take on it, and his own mini-introduction to GTD: WSD – Write Shit Down.

In essence, that is the simplest way to organize and keep track of your life.

You don’t need buckets and hipster PDAs.  You don’t need special coloured paper.  That can all come later!

These are simply the first steps to organizing your life.

Step 1: Write shit down.

Step 2: Put it somewhere logical.

That’s all it takes to go from a hectic disorganized life to something more manageable.