# GTD in 15 minutes – A Pragmatic Guide to Getting Things Done

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## What Jamie wrote

Good overview of Getting Things Done. I've been a practitioner of GTD for over a decade now. I consider it a life skill, something that I will focus on and improve on over many years. 

> What GTD gives you—when understood and implemented properly—is a foolproof system for keeping track of what you need to do, should do, or should consider to do. When your system and your trust in your system is in place, your subconsciousness will stop keeping track of all the things you need to do and stop constantly reminding you. This reduces stress and frees up precious brain time to more productive thinking—maybe it even saves real time so that you have more time for ballet lessons, painting classes, and roller-blading.

I like that this highlights the true benefit of GTD. It is **not** a productivity system to allow you to do even more, although you may be able to. It is intended to allow you to be in the moment, focus on the things in front of you, knowing that your trusted system has you covered. That you can forget about other things and it will be there when you need it.

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