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A GTD system is really five kinds of list: next actions, projects, waiting-for, someday/maybe, and reference. Most people end up with the actions in one app, the reference material in another, ideas in a notes app and the reading list in a browser tab. Every extra app is a place something can be lost, and every hop between them costs attention.

Getting Things Done works because every commitment lives in one trusted system, sorted by context, with a clear next action and a weekly review that keeps it honest. That is easy for one person and surprisingly hard for a team: most team platforms are built around projects and boards, not contexts and next actions, so GTD practitioners end up running a personal system on the side and copying tasks across.

In Getting Things Done, David Allen uses two organizing dimensions that trip up almost every beginner: contexts and projects. They sound similar — both are ways of grouping tasks — but they serve completely different purposes. Understanding the difference is what separates a GTD system that flows from one that feels like overhead.

David Allen's Getting Things Done methodology starts with a deceptively simple instruction: capture everything. Every task, idea, commitment, "I should really..." thought, half-formed plan, and nagging worry — get it out of your head and into a trusted system.

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