I have become a strong follower of David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” methodology for time management. I’ve been using the system for almost six months.
I’m now experiencing the discord of having too many inboxes:
- my primary task list (kept in Outlook, believe it or not)
- work inbox
- Help Desk tickets
- Change Request tickets
- Microsoft Project project plans
- Excel documents
I really feel like I should write a bunch of converters to merge all this stuff with my primary task list. I’m driving myself crazy because each system has its own set of priorities, so an email to me sometimes gets better response than a Help Desk ticket to me! Argh!