**A system of tools & techniques to accomplish work.**
Getting Things Done (GTD) is a system of tools and practices devised, written about, and evhangelicalized by David Allen. The system is both surprisingly simple and robust. It's been used as a life management technique by everyone from people who run Fortune 100 Companies, to students, to the humble soccer mom.
The [[GTD Workflow]] consists of:
1. **Capture** what has your attention
2. **Clarify** what it means and what to do about it
3. **Organize** the results, which presents options
4. **Reflect** on the options
5. **Engage** with a chosen path
Each stage of the workflow has its own tools & techniques.
"Proper" GTD would have you maintain 7 types of things to keep track of, and these 7 should be _separate_:
1. A project list
2. Project support material
3. Calendar actions & info
4. [[Next Actions List]]
5. A Waiting For list
6. Reference Material
7. A Someday/Maybe list
# Core Components
- [[Mind Sweep]]
- [[Inbox]]
- [[Project Lists]]
- [[Open Action Lists]]
- [[Someday, Maybe]]
- A calendar & system of [[Contextual Reminders]]
- [[Ongoing Capture]]
- [[Weekly Review]]
- [[2 Minute Rule of GTD]]
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## Source
- [[Getting Things Done The Art of Stress-Free Productivity]]
## Related
- [[Action→Task→Project→Area Hierarchy]]
- [[Open Loops]]