Getting Things Done - Clarifying Event

The start of this series is here

As I have each of the Getting Things Done events scheduled daily, what to do in each event?

For clarifying, it’s a 15 minute event to clear out any “incoming” items. For me, this means:

• clear out my personal e-mail boxes
• read any chat messages in any slack groups
• physical inbox items
• digital inbox items

Clearing out means putting items into:

• trash
• my next action item for a project
• reference file

Doing this on a daily for 15 minutes keeps my inboxes clear.

Another Benefit

After scheduling and having clarifying times for three weeks, I noticed I check my email less and less - almost to the point of once a day, when I am doing the clarifying event.

I do not worry about my inbox anymore - will it get too full and I need to delete things now? Is there an important email I need to address now??

I check the email box once a day, clarify each message and then move on.