Getting Things Done next Monday

This is a reply I wrote on the GTD@Yahoo about emptying your Inbox at work. Thought I’d share it with all of you:

“ I am currently enjoying a two week holiday. Normally I have access to my workmail from home and I know from previous holidays I will check it every now and again. So this time, I decided something else. After my last day at work I asked the system administrator to change my emailpassword to something new and not tell me. So right now I can’t access my workmail. Excellent! Best thing is, because I know I can’t access it, I don’t have the pressure to check it every now and again.
This leads me to the next issue: I left a week ago with an empty Inbox. Took me one friday afternoon, but I had everything covered. NA’s after my holiday, delegating current projects, filing projectmaterial.
So when I arrive, I know there is some 500+ email waiting for me. I have my “Out of office” reply running until tuesday/ This means I have monday to work through this Inbox and get it to empty. After that, it’s time to check up with my co-workers :-)
So to be honest, I am excited about getting back to work to see if this plan will work. I know it will!”

I will let you know next monday how it worked out!

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This is an article which is part of my weblog "What's the Next Action". It deals with everything GTD and the five phases of projectplanning as written by Dave Allen in his book "Getting Things Done".

The previous article on this blog is called 'DIY personal planner with Pocketmod'.
The next article on this blog is called 'Right click, make task'.
You can find all the articles on the frontpage.
You can contact me via email on punkey at gmail dot com.

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