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That's what makes an app handy-especially one like OmniFocus that's designed around GTD. What you do need is a quick way to capture ideas and tasks whenever you think of them, along with tools to organize those tasks and review them regularly. It could work just as well with a paper notebook or the Reminders app that came with your computer or phone.

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You can take it further-there's a full book on GTD, after all-but those basic steps will help you quit forgetting tasks and start getting more done. You'll write tasks down, organize and review them, then actually complete tasks instead of spending all your time trying to remember them. Reflect on your work, reviewing your projects to make sure the tasks are still relevant and to make sure you didn't forget anything. Organize your tasks, pulling similar tasks together to complete at once or grouping project tasks into a workflow so you do each step in order. Decide if they're really important-and if so, what action needs to be taken to complete them. For that, GTD is a 5-step process:Д¬apture everything that needs to be done by writing down your tasks, ideas, projects, and more.Д¬larify your ideas. You'll then need a system to come back and revisit those tasks-and actually get those things done. Instead of remembering everything that needs to be done, write each task and idea down to clear out your mind. 'Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them,' says author David Allen in his book Getting Things Done. That's the core problem the Getting Things Done or GTD methodology tries to solve. When you're trying to remember the things you need to do, the ideas you just came up with, your long-term goals, and the stuff you need to pick up at the store this evening, odds are you'll forget something. Your brain can only remember so many things at once. It's easy to forget things we need to do-too easy, in fact. Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.

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