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If you\u2019re like me, with quite a number of lists of many next actions, projects, etc., you\u2019re likely to encounter people who question your efficiency if not your sanity. \u201cYou\u2019ve got so many lists! That\u2019s just too much work!\u201d (Sound familiar?) If you ever feel like you need to defend your lists, ask your skeptical friend if they are sitting around trying to remember what appointments they have on their calendar for next month. They\u2019re probably not biting their nails about where they need to be a week from next Thursday at 4pm. They\u2019re probably not even thinking about it. Why? Because they have their appointments tracked in a system they trust\u2014a calendar they trust they\u2019ll review at the appropriate time and place.<\/p>\n

So, why not have the same lack of distraction about all the things that you need to be reminded of?<\/p>\n

A calendar is nothing more than a list of next actions in the context of sequence in time\u2014something to look at when time is of concern. My \u201cCalls\u201d list is the same thing\u2014a list of next actions that can be done from any phone, to be reviewed when I have time and a phone. In the same way I\u2019m not distracted by trying to remember and remind myself about who to call\u2014it\u2019s in a trusted system. The problem with most people\u2019s system is that the calendar is the only list they trust, and more than 95% of what they really need to keep track of is not a set of appointments but all the things to be done in between them. Thinking that your head is a better place to keep track of stuff, and yet finding it critical to maintain a calendar, seems to me a kind of intellectual dishonesty.<\/p>\n

So, now that you have this secret knowledge of GTD lists, you no longer need to defend them!<\/p>\n

[Note: This essay appeared in David Allen\u2019s Productive Living Newsletter. Subscribe for free here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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