Comment by FuckButtons
2 years ago
Getting things done was written by someone with adhd, the entire system is one big coping strategy for not having a functioning working memory.
2 years ago
Getting things done was written by someone with adhd, the entire system is one big coping strategy for not having a functioning working memory.
I think the number of items that any given office worker in today's environment has to juggle far, far exceeds working memory, never mind that using working memory to maintain a running list of tasks precludes or at least contends with using it to actually think about the individual task at hand.
I haven't used the Getting Things Done method explicitly, but at a glance it looks like a more formalized version of what most of the people I know who are well-organized and have good time management skills seem to gravitate to naturally.
I don't think I know a single person who I'd consider "very on top of things" who doesn't have some mechanism, formal or informal, of noting/organizing/prioritizing thoughts and tasks. The idea that they are in fact coping with something and "regular" people just keep everything in their heads doesn't make any sense to me.
Not having a functioning working memory is one of the primary conditions of ADHD. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.
In the same way fire was discovered by an anemic woman, maybe. It seems most popular among my lawyer/paralegal friends, though, and "low working memory" is not a harbinger of success in those fields.