This One's for Marty

Something very exciting happened to a longtime Goulash reader over the weekend, and I'd be a complete ass if I didn't mention it. So, congratulations on your Oscar, Martin Scorsese; I promise not to tell anyone you're xyz from the comments.

If you're anything like me, you're an idiot who'll do anything you read on the Internet. The latest insane fad that the i-people have talked me into is the Getting Things Done system. In case you're unfamiliar, GTD is a system for overloading your life with lists, file folders, and label makers. Somewhere in the middle of all of that stuff, you get really productive, at least until you run out of labels.

The reason I started is because I have so, so many projects that never go anywhere. This is because I am a lazy crackpot, and also because I receive simply too many interesting business opportunities about generic cialis via email. In the month I've been using GTD, I've actually accomplished quite a bit. I don't know if it's the system, or if it's a fluke productivity spike that perhaps accompanies a brain tumor or the final stages of the mumps. Whatever it is, I dig it.

Caveat: the more I talk to other people about it (especially hardcore GTD-ers) though, the more certain I become that I'm doing this incorrectly. Comparing my system to GTD is probably like comparing balls of wadded-up toilet paper with award-winning origami (do they give out origami awards?). Regardless, I started with the book and ended up with something that works, a route which may work for some of you.