Despite having increasingly dabbled in social media over the last couple of months I am acutely aware of the problems that can come with it, such as how it can expose your life to a multitude of people… including job recruiters looking for dirt. Dumb Little Man makes a few very interesting points about not being reckless with what you share. With people increasingly putting their lives online it’s a timely topic. How much information do you hold back about yourself? Do you keep to the basics or do you happily put up pictures of your latest drunken night out?
The lack of prioritizing in GTD is a weakness in my opinion. While there is logic in the idea that if you need to do something you might as well do it as soon as possible, it’s also where a lot of the problems of excessive workload spring from. In response I discussed my approach to prioritizing where tasks are split into those you need, should or want to do. However, Donald at Life Optimiser has a great look at just why exactly GTD doesn’t have any prioritizing. It’s certainly made me rethink my approach.
On Monday I did a critique of the vertical map, and how it can (or cannot) be used to align your life with what you really want to do. I also proposed my own simplified approach using three distinct levels rather than the overly complex six. One of my main problems has always been that David Allen gave very little coverage of it in GTD and ironically after I put up the post I came across a great read over at GTD Times discussing the vertical map in more depth, which answered a few of my doubts. Do you use the vertical map or do you use a different approach. How do you find it works?
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July 11th 2008
Recap
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