Despite my best intentions I went away for 4 weeks and promptly fell completely off the GTD wagon. You would not believe how much it hurt. I haven't felt this overwhelmed and stressed in a couple of months while I work through all the stuff that has piled up. I guess I am still a long way from Zen Master status.
However, I do have one good story relating to GTD and how it helped with our trip. My wife and I are serial last minute packers. But our last trip was the first time we have been on top of everything the day BEFORE we left. Lucky we did because on the morning of our trip our eldest son woke up with swollen tonsils and a sore stomach. Our cautious doctor decided to send him to our national Children's Hospital for suspected appendicitis. My wife spent all the time with him and wasn't able to check any of the final tasks we had to do before we left. But thanks to GTD I was able to get everything done for both my wife and myself (and all the kids) and we eventually got to the airport and on the plane with very little stress despite the circumstances.
Now if only I can get all my open job orders and call lists back in synch......
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