It works!
Who’d have thought making notes about things and making sure you review your notes helps your organization!?
One or 2 nights ago, just as I was going to bed, I noticed there was a nail sticking out of a floorboard near my bed, waiting to destroy my socks and/or feet. So, trying to get everything out of my head and into a trusted system in a GTD fashion, I wrote down that it needs fixing on a handy scrap of paper and threw it in my ‘in’ box before going to bed.
On going through the contents of my inbox today, I came across it, identified it as something that could be done in less than 2 minutes, grabbed the appropriate tools and fixed it. What was the first thing that went through my mind when I came across the note? “I’d forgotten all about that…”