Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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David Allen's 5 steps to mastering your workflow are as follows:
1. Collect things that grab our attention
2. Process what they are and what to do with them
3. Organize them
4. Review them
5. Do them

In this video, I explain how I use this system, more or less, in Obsidian. I seriously found this book hugely useful. If you have any productivity book recommendations that actually help - let me know in the comments!! If you want more GTD Obsidian content, here's Nicole van der Hoeven's video on the topic: youtu.be/ODhHTngIMJE

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✨TIMESTAMPS✨
0:00 - intro
0:46 - problems GTD solves
2:40 - GTD summary-ish
3:17 - daily notes plugin
4:56 - checklist plugin
7:18 - consider templates
7:56 - capture. every. task.
11:16 - organize tasks
15:05 - make collecting a habit
16:52 - DO THINGS!!! what? when?
20:45 - review tasks
21:33 - make it up. make it happen.
22:52 - try Shortform! the end

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