Getting Things Done (GTD), a method of working efficiently, originally “invented” and described by David Allen, consists of important decision-making habits everyone should follow. Having said this, I believe not everyone is the same, so personal interpretations should apply when necessary.

This is the first time I decided to start publishing about GTD - as I have developed my own vision over the years on how to organize life, which is in part a lot like Mr. Allen’s GTD, and in part different.

A quote from Wikipedia’s GTD page:

A calendar is important for keeping track of appointments and commitments; however, Allen specifically recommends that the calendar be reserved for the hard landscape: things which absolutely have to be done by a particular deadline, or meetings and appointments which are fixed in time and place. To-do items should be reserved for the next action lists.

Keep it empty

Anyone looking into my calendar will be surprised: It is my goal to keep it as empty as possible. I believe that certain things simply don’t belong in my calendar, because it is either not important enough, not urgent enough or I have another valid reason. Besides that, I have learned that too much clutter in my calendar gets me stressed: I had to learn the hard way and developed a sleeping disorder, of which I am now recovering. It means serious work every day to prevent the levels to go up too much for me, so this is top priotity for me personally.

Hope my tip helps some of you. This is meant to become a series of posts, so keep checking for more!