GTD Times: Controlling your work instead of being controlled by it

Dear David and Co.,

About three years ago, on a long plane ride, I was able to fully deploy GTD into a paper-based system.  I had read the book. And the book suggested writing down all active Projects, Tasks, and Waiting Fors.

After writing down all my projects, I looked at the list. It was easy to see I had too many irons in the fire.  Looking at the Projects list, I knew what I had to to next.  More importantly, I knew what I had NOT to do.

Within several hours of getting off the plane I...