What is the best/fastest way to restart GTD? How does you consistently/easily do In-Tray processing & Weekly Reviews?
What is the best or fastest way to setup a GTD system again? What did you personally do?
I'm planning to start GTD again. I have 5 past GTD systems / attempts filled with info from my multiple trys at trying to maintain a GTD system. In the past, I have resorted to starting from zero a couple times, but it seems really inefficient (archiving & updating lists, doing a mindsweep) and subject to missing some stuff (incompleteness). However, processing any of my past GTD systems seems way too time consuming for relatively little gain compared to starting from zero and hoping for the best (adding to the system it as a remember things).
I expect myself to have another non-current GTD at some point, so I'd like to be able to quickly get back on track if I notice it myself slipping in the early stages, but also for when the late stages of overfilled In-Trays happen (as I keep adding to them after not maintaing GTD, but never process the in-tray).
How can In-Tray processing & doing Weekly Reviews easier & consistently (i.e. not skip/delay)? What did you personally do?
I'm wanting to prevent myself from dropping GTD again. What tends to happen is my In-Tray gets overfilled from not zeroing it out when I've scheduled for the day, my Weekly Reviews don't get done when I've scheduled it for the week, or I put them off but never get around to it.
Instead of only processing my in-tray at a 30-60 minute block at the end of the day (which requires too much energy & effort in myexperience), I've thought of maybe processing it immediately unless I have something going on currently. I don't see how I can process my in-tray otherwise through the day as doing it whenever I feel like I need to is distracting, unreliable, and possibly preoccupying.
I'm thinking of doing the same thing for my weekly reviews: doing the related step in the weekly review when it comes up. Things like replacing completed next actions; reviewing my calendar, waiting, project, or someday/maybe list when I feel the need to,
It's just too difficult for me to sit down & go through my in-tray processing or weekly review checklist at a dedicated time. Doing it "immediately, unless busy" seems like the best compromise, as I feel like "doing it whenever I feel the need to" can be a bit distracting to monitor.