While I was gearing up for my most recent attempt at GTD (and my most successful one, by far), I went to the local office-supply store and picked up several boxes of file folders. GoddessJ, my wife, protested: “what do you need all of those for?” (My flip answer, “it’s a GTD thing, you wouldn’t understand.” Followed by a full explanation when she informed me, in no uncertain terms, that she would understand, and I would explain it, or else! 😉 ).

Well, it has been about six weeks now since I started it. The house looks far better than it ever has, thanks to various repairs. You’d have a tough time discerning that our car is twelve years old now too. The office, my computers, and our various schedules are far more organized than I’ve ever had them before, and I’m in far better physical shape too. I’ve written several small but useful programs to keep track of various things (such as the car’s maintenance schedule). I’ve also come up with a new focus and a completely new design for Project X, and as other things get done I find that I’ve got more energy and attention for it than I did when it was pretty much my sole focus.

I was present when GoddessJ was talking to a friend recently about some of the things I’d been doing. She turned and told me, “dear, you can have as many file folders as you want.”

I must be doing something right. 🙂