“You can do anything but not everything” - David Allen

In a time where technology can be both a blessing and a curse for our productivity, organizing our time and getting things done has never been so hard. It's so easy to feel "productive" because we're watching "productivity videos" on Youtube. It's so easy to download a productivity app and to feel "productive", just because we're using the tool. But it takes more than that to actually get things done. In this course, we will explore how to practice the art of Getting Things Done based on 2 main pillars: the GTD framework, and Ticktick.

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Creating Projects & Context

This video is about first understanding the GTD framework and its components, and then getting an overview of the tool we will use for the framework: Ticktick. In the first part, we explain the fundamentals of David Allen's Getting Things Done strategy, and in a second part we cover the Ticktick interface. Then, we start listing down our first tasks and organizing them in projects.

Dissociating

After splitting and sorting tasks into projects, we will separate these tasks from their parent project. We’re going to sort tasks by context, which will enable us to batch the tasks that have the same context together, while still making progress on multiple projects at the same time.

Scheduling and Getting Things Done

It's nice to get an overview of your tasks, but how do you actually plan when to do what? Well, you put things in the calendar. In Ticktick, we do this thanks to one of the most powerful features of the tool, which I haven’t seen anywhere else: the "Arrange Tasks" option, which allows you to switch from a vertical, to-do list view to a horizontal, calendar layout.

Going further

Ticktick is a very powerful tool with a ton of options, and one of the great troubles with technology these days is that it lets you improve so many aspects of your life, it’s easy to get lost in all the options, to think you’re making progress while really you’re just playing with the tool. That's why I usually keep my digital tools to the bare minimum. But that being said, in the case of the GTD framework, there definitely are some extra tips that can help you for more efficiency, and that’s what we will cover in this final part of the course.

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Who am I?

Hey, I'm Joseph Mavericks! Learning to live with a purpose and improve myself has changed my life, and I publish content online about the journey. In August of 2019, I took one of the biggest decisions in my life: commit to blogging for at least 6 months, and see where it would take me. Up until then, I had tried dozens of different projects, without ever sticking with one long enough to see any kind of progress. This time around, I decided to treat blogging like a job, to be extremely consistent, and to not drop it at the first obstacle on the road.

Almost 3 years later I'm still here, and part of my original drive to stick to content creation for a little while was found in the act of organizing my life and managing my time better. As part of my self-discovery journey around productivity and entrepreneurship, I have interviewed over 75 people who own their businesses and/or create content online, and this project has shown me one thing: the only way to get things done in life is to make sure you make time for the activities that matter.

My goal with this course is to share with you what I’ve learned about the GTD framework, and how I use it inside my favorite productivity tool, Ticktick. I hope my insights and the inspiration it will give you will boost your productivity, your happiness, and your life in general.

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Other useful links

My 50 People Who Do Interview guide - josephmavericks.com/50people

My blog - medium.com/@josephmavericks

Igor Peixoto

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