A Seven-Step Plan to Organize the House

The Power of Moms has a very useful post on how to methodically get your house organized. There’s even a handy PDF download.

How to Plan Your Best GTD Christmas

David Allen’s Natural Planning Model seriously saves my sanity on everything from birthday party planning to creating new programs for my website, so this year, I decided to use the five steps of the Natural Planning Model to create a Christmas experience that is both magical and meaningful.

Mom gets the right things done with the Natural Planning Model

I decided to apply the Natural Planning Model from GTD to my overall life plan.

Tackling a Science Project with GTD

I decided to apply the project planning methods I learned from Getting Things Done and show my daughter that projects can be fun.

My First GTD Christmas

This year, I decided to plan out my Christmas festivities using GTD.

A Trigger List for Moms and Dads

I’ve created a Mom-and-Dad-friendly “Trigger List” to help parents see what types of things they can organize with GTD.

Back to school: GTD is the solution for parents

A Community Contribution from April Perry The first day of school started out great.  My three oldest children dressed in their new clothes, laced up their new shoes, ate a healthy breakfast, and then headed off to school with homemade sack lunches and brightly-colored, fully-stocked pencil cases.  I felt like a wonderful mom. They returned [...]

The Tickler File–The Key to a Clutter-free Refrigerator

A Community Contribution from April Perry Just about every mother I know has a refrigerator that is completely covered with party invitations, handouts for school assignments, reminders for community events, coupons, and about 50 other things calling out, “Me! Me! Me!”  We’re so afraid of the “out of mind, out of sight” rule, that we [...]

GTD for Moms

Community Contribution from April Perry Mothers need Getting Things Done as much as (or more than!) any other group.  Why?  Let me show you a glimpse into my life “pre-GTD.” My 7-year-old son, Ethan: Mom, want to see this cool toy lizard I got as a prize today? Me: Yep.  Ooh.  That’s neat.  (Then in [...]