I am a husband, writer, and teacher exploring what it means to cultivate mental silence.

What's next?

What's next?This will be, for now...the last in a mini-series of posts where I look back on what I underlined the first time I read through Getting Things Done (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done) by David Allen (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Allen_(author)). I may come back to it again in the future. I will say, it's been an interesting exercise to revisit the book via these three, random quotes.Today's quote is from page 183, "...your next most frequent area of review will be the lists of all the actions you could possibly do in your current context."Re-reading this...I immediately start to think about apps I am using that help me review what I have to do next. Right now...I'm using Clear. Specifically, I just recently decided to create more than just the few lists I had, "Grocery, School, etc." I decided to create lists based on projects I have that are in process then added actions to each of these lists. I even added a list for my morning routine. I've written about lists before so I won't go too much into detail here about them...I'm just making a connection between the quote and how I am currently embodying the importance of "it."Constant access to my smartphone and tablet makes the last 3 words in the quote, "...your current context" seem a bit dated as I can do pretty much any of the things...on any of my lists...anywhere. The Clear app is cross platform so it is really easy to do what I need to do then go to my lists to see what needs to be done next. What would be even better...using the split screen/multi-tasking function...which currently is not possible.In this brief mini-series I have come to realize that Getting Things Done is still relevant in my daily life. I've tweaked concepts to my lifestyle so, good on you David Allen.

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