David Allen's Getting Things Done. Have any INTPs here implemented it?

Ambiguous said:

Yeah It's a time management system:

Amazon.com: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (9780142000281): David Allen: Books

What he says about it makes a lot of sense, especially for an INTP. Basically, he encourages writing all your ideas and to do lists down on paper, or in a software program. Doing this frees up your mind (he compares it to RAM in a computer) to not have to waste room remembering stuff to get done. Then you separate your goals and to-do lists into different piles based on urgency. And instead of over analyzing, you just grab one item, do it, and cross it off, and continue the process. It's obviously more in depth than that, but it's a pretty awesome system and makes sense. I'm working on implementing it this week.

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Yea..... that does not work for me. At all. Never has.
I'm not a 'list' and 'written outline' person.

Ambiguous said:

I agree that I'm not either. But is that just because we assume that as a P, we shouldn't be organized in some way? Have you had success with any other methods of getting stuff done efficiently? (I'm not saying this defensively, I'm just curious.)

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Don't worry about it, that's a valid point. Truth is, I've never been a very outwardly organized person. I like doing things in my head - even if I am a bit forgetful at times. To me, it makes no real difference whether or not I've written down a list of things to do, because more often than not, I'll lost that list or misplace it.

I used to put post-its on my wall to remind me to do things, but since I've stopped using my desk, I've started setting alarms on my phone under the name of whatever assignment or 'to do' I have yet ... to do.
And my phone's been saving my butt a lot these days. I use the built-in memo app to jot down ideas and poems as they come to me, and since I almost always have my phone on me, they're always within reach.
So... if that counts as some kind of organization that would fit into David Allen's outline, I'm quite guilty and I recant my initial statement.