First Comments on Getting Things Done

Having been given a choice of three books to read for our assignment, I chose to read Getting Things Done, primarily because the title caught my attention.   I like getting things done! Also, being a very pragmatic person, I like information I can use and it seemed this book would provide that.  Last but not least,  I have lots to do and I thought this book would offer a new idea on how to make that happen.  At this point, I have not been disappointed in my expectations.  This is a very practical book.  The author,  David Allen, clearly describes organizational tools that have application for both personal and work-related projects.  His definition of a project is anything that requires several steps to complete.  Because I consider myself to be a good organizer, I have not yet discovered a lot of new information that would drastically change the way I currently organize, and I am about fifty pages into the book.  However, I was impressed by one of the first point Allen makes, and that is that to be organized, you have to put things-lists, ideas, plans-somewhere and get them off your mind!  He suggests to either write them down or record them in some kind of device and then clear your mind of them until it's time to either review what needs to be done or else do the next thing that will lead to the accomplishment of the task.  I liked that!