Until today, my Getting to "Getting Things Done" plan had been working remarkably well. I was actually way ahead of schedule. I finished reading the substantial part of the book on Wednesday. Then I found time to finish the last few chapters on Thursday. That left Friday free to help a friend put up some drywall--after all, I was ahead of schedule!
The plan for Saturday (today) was to write a one-page summary of my personal implementation of the system. That didn't happen. I woke up to six inches of snow on the ground, with snow still falling. I ran the dishwasher, made breakfast, ate, wasted some time catching up on the Internet's latest, and noticed it had stopped snowing. After shoveling six inches of snow off the driveway, I headed back in. An emptied dishwasher and a few dozen wasted minutes later, I noticed the snowplow clearing the street. Back out the door to clear the snowplow leavings. Back indoors, shower, start laundry, make lunch, wash non-dishwasher dishes, get Christmas-stuff boxes, put away groceries, periodically check my eBay auctions ending today while folding laundry, out to dinner, back home, finish laundry, sore back from shoveling, feeling tired, brush teeth. End of day.
One positive aspect of this is that I took some good notes while reading the book. And I think the concept clicks more than the last time I read the book. I still want to implement the system, and I think the physical space-sweep and the mind-sweep are important starting points.
So what's my next observable physical action toward implementing a GTD system? I think it is still to write a one-page summary of my planned system. And I think I can plan next Friday or Saturday for beginning the space- and mind-sweeps.
I'm disappointed that I didn't make progress today, especially after being ahead of schedule. But right now I'm so physically worn out that I'm done for the day.
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