tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798130736762118813.post-47173094413953666512007-04-03T08:37:00.000+01:002007-04-03T08:39:37.518+01:002007-04-03T08:39:37.518+01:00This is the second post on my GTD with OneNote system. Part One on initial set up is <a href="http://www.blog.7breaths.co.uk/2007/04/gtd-with-onenote-set-up.html">here</a>.<br /><br />One of the main principles of GTD is to get things out of your head. By putting everything into a trusted system you free up "psychic RAM" and achieve a "mind like water" state. The places where you put these thoughts / ideas / to do items are referred to a collection buckets. In my system OneNote is my digital collection bucket. I collect all my thoughts in my TODAY section. <br /><br />First thing in the morning I open the TODAY section and create a page with the days date as the title. I then quickly brainstorm any thoughts I have at the beginning of the day. I flag them with CTRL+1 to mark them for processing later.<br /><br />As things come up during the day I just reopen my TODAY section by hitting CTRL+SHIFT+0 and enter these ideas too onto the days page and flag these too for processing later.<br /><br />Using this method I can also keep a record of my day by using the time stamp Alt+SHIFT+t to record what I was doing and thinking at a particular time.<br /><br />Anything I clip from the web or print to OneNote also gets sent to the today section and I can quickly flag this for processing too.<br /><br />As the day goes by I will have collected thoughts and ideas, things to do, reference information etc. All these items will be tagged to Process. I will also have a record of my day ready to review and journal later.<br /><br />When time permits I then move onto the next stage of the GTD process which is Processing all my stuff.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10705936779091146429noreply@blogger.com