Loose Ends (GTD)
Trying to get a project that stalled in the final steps cleaned up and tied off is kinda like managing software developers or herding cats … The client wants to get the project done, but takes forever for the feedback loop, then because I have other things going on and this project is way outside of timelines so I have to sacrifice something else to get it done, or let it continue to eat my brain because it’s not done and the next actionable item is for me to get it done!!!
Gah!!!! Ok, so I will get this done today (no matter what) … It doesn’t matter if I have to work at it constantly until 3am … I will get my part done, and move this over to waiting for approval. But naturally, I have other things coming at me as soon as I think this, so I toss it into my list and set a due date on it (today) … That should motovate me (I don;t like going to bed until my list for the day is clear) …
Who knew that GTD would appeal to my strange sense of time like this? Will it stay this way, (I’m hoping it gets easier once I get more of the ‘stuff’ out of my head and into my system) … Right now tho, I’m finding all the things that have to get done because they have been spinning for so long. (Normal for the GTD (so I’m told)) … but when you start to see all the things you need to get done, and have been spinning …
It’s a little overwhelming, on the one hand you feel good because you know that your making steps for a bunch of things that you have kept trapped in your head, on the other hand some of the things you have been puttin goff for so long you feel like your going to have things to do forever … and you have to hold yourself accountable and that makes you a little miserable so your feeling good and rotten at the same time.
Ok, back to working …
Tags: Goals, GTD, Project Management, Success
