Getting Things Done with Emacs

Once again, it is spring and I find myself with more on my plate than I can keep track of, so I’m renewing my efforts to adhere to the Getting Things Done philosophy. I fell off the bandwagon while I was out of school, but anytime you are working on starting a company, finishing a masters degree, and working a full-time job, you need all the help you can get!

For those who have not heard of it, GTD is a philosophy (methodology?) to help busy people accomplish more with their time while reducing their stress. This is roughly how I implement it:

• I have created a system of “buckets” where I put things I am working on.
• Depending on which bucket things are in, they are reviewed at some regular interval.
• During my review process, I move things between the buckets.
• Eventually I put the TODO item in a bucket that indicates that today is the day this item gets done and tells me where I have to be to accomplish the task.

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