I just recently discovered the GTD “way” and so far, so good. I’m an architect/mom who works from a home office and so much has felt so out of control the last few years. I’m actually starting to tame the beast with just collecting stuff into a general inbox area (I think that to date, my whole house has been an “inbox” of things left around to do—a cutting board to be resurfaced, magazines to read, files to be sorted out!).

This process has also really helped me define my priorities. My daughter is almost 3 and it’s taken me this long to realize how intense it is to be a mom and that it’s become a higher priority than being an architect (which is something I’ve worked years to do). I’m in the process of setting up my practice so that I work fewer hours, but on more satisfying work in order to have the time to live my life with her and keep my house running in some semblance of order. I already feel myself getting happier about the choices and finding that it’s easier to chose what to do next.