Efficient Task Organization with Todoist and GTD

📝 GTD (Getting Things Done) has five steps: capture, clarify, organize, reflect, and engage.

🗓️ In GTD, action items are categorized into lists based on their appropriate contexts, such as calls to make, errands to run, and emails to send.

🔀 GTD focuses on using the tools, places, or people associated with each task to determine where it should go.

📝 Organizing tasks in Todoist using categories, labels, and projects.

⏰ Setting due dates for tasks based on urgency and specific days.

🗣️ Coordinating with participants to find the best time for a meeting.

🔖 Setting up labels in Todoist to organize tasks and projects

🏃‍♂️ Using Todoist to keep track of research on running shoes

⏰ Utilizing the GTD approach to task management

✨ Use Safari to find and save website addresses for online registration documents and research tasks.

🎒 Navigate to the SF bags website to find iPad Pro cases in the bag sleeves section.

📅 Set a reminder to book a table for dinner on Saturday, including the restaurant's phone number in the notes.

📱 Using labels in Todoist can save time by automatically calling a phone number on iPhone.

🍽️ Deciding on a restaurant turns a single task into a project in GTD.

💬 Discussing with the spouse is important before making a decision.

📅 Tasks that need to be done on a specific day should be added to your calendar.

🗓️ GTD recommends having a maximum of 5 tasks to be completed on a specific day.

📝 To add tasks from Todoist to your calendar, copy the calendar feed from Todoist settings and paste it into your calendar application.

📅 Assigning tasks with specific dates is important for organizing your tasks in Todoist.

📝 In order to follow GTD in its purest form, assigned dates should automatically sync with your calendar in Todoist.

🗂️ Different methods can be used to organize different types of reference material, such as using Evernote or a tickler file.