A while back I was looking into the gtd phenomenon and seeing what was what. I even wrote an article or two about it and got some linkage from a few blogs. Then recently in irc someone mentioned something about it to me, regarding my posts for a long time ago. It kind of hit me as a shock that people would be reading my old posts, but it also made me think about gtd.

Revisiting the gtd ideaology seems very alien. I think that it takes productivity too seriously. In a sense that the whole thing is made up for you to follow and it tells you that you basically NEED to use todo lists, you NEED to analyze information AFTER it is collected, and to me that just seems stupid.

Recently I’ve been in the mindset of things where you should be constantly conscious of your actions and decisions. Going with gtd kind of aids with this, but it tells you that you should first collect information, and later analyze it to make a final decision on the task at hand. I think that this is a huge mistake.

Not being able to analyze and make decisions intelligently on the spot, is a horrible thing. In my opinion you must be able to make good healthy decisions on the spot, you must be able to analyze them quickly and make good decisions on everything. Despite the trivial means of the task - you shouldn’t have to wait.

(written in february 2008)