It’s true: I’m Ready-Fire-Aim Girl. I am really, really good at coming up with great big ideas that lead to great big projects and leaping into said projects at a moment’s notice. As the host of the GTD Virtual Study Group, I’m also something of an expert on David Allen’s Getting Things Done. I know all about the many moving parts that go into being a black belt in this…

A few months ago, I wrote that personal accountability… can drive action probably better than any other method.  The more I dive into the depths of improving my personal productivity, the more evidence I find that the drive to do must be met with an inner ability to act.
But alas, sometimes we’re just drained…and the last thing we’re thinking of is the task at hand.  So, what can save

 
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When we don’t have time for something, we just defer it.  David Allen, the author of Getting Things Done (GTD)…, calls those items Someday/Maybe Items; I call them “the things I’d like to get done if I had more time to get things done”.
The best way to get to those “I’ll do them later” items according to David is to set “ticklers”, ticklers are reminders or triggers that

 
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