Personal Challenge and Getting things Done

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Tools and techniques

[edit] Tickler file

Main article: Tickler file

A slice of '43 Folders'

One device that the author suggests is the standard tickler file for organizing paperwork (also known as the '43 folders'). Twelve folders are used to represent each month and an additional 31 folders are used to represent each day. The folders are arranged to help remind the user of activities to be done that day.

[edit] Software tools for GTD

While GTD can be managed with simple paper tools, computer software was specifically suggested as helpful and important for implementing GTD, including digital outlining, brainstorming, and project planning applications. However, in 2001, Allen bemoaned the general lack of "good 'project management' tools", concluding that less structured and more functional applications will emerge in the coming years, based on the ways we naturally think and plan.^[2]:219-221
Since then, a considerable amount of GTD-supporting software has emerged; in April 2008, more than 100 applications provided the core features for implementing this method.^[5] These tools range from simple list managers to collaborative web services, both free and commercial, for all popular platforms and devices.

[edit] Other tools

Some followers of GTD advocate a 'back-to-basics' approach to personal management, and a rejection of over-engineered, high-tech solutions in favor of simple, less-expensive tools such as preprinted cards, index cards,^[6] the Hipster PDA, or even the Moleskine paper pad.^[7] David Allen himself says he relies on a "vanilla" Palm PDA and records "events of the day" on paper to be processed later.^[8]