Is the getting Things Done template free?

Yes. Copy it as a checklist or print it, with no sign-up. Using it inside ActivityTracker, with the dates filled in, needs an account.

How do the dates work?

Each task has a day counted from the start: Day 1, Day 3 and so on. In ActivityTracker you pick a start date or a finish date, and every task lands on a real day. Tasks that repeat keep repeating.

Can I change it after I add it?

Yes. It's your project: rename it, add tasks, delete the ones you don't need. Save your version with Save as template and it's there next time.

What if the project I need isn't here?

Describe it in a sentence and the AI in Tasks writes a template for it, with sections and dates you can change before you use it.

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Getting Things Done template with every task dated from the day you start

The lists the GTD method runs on: inbox, next actions by context, waiting for, projects, someday, and the weekly review.

6 sections
15 tasks
Opens as a list
Dated from day 1

GTD

Days count from the day you start. In the app, pick a start or a finish date and each task lands on a real day.

Inbox

Empty your head: write down every open loopDay 1HighWork, home, people, money, errands. One task per thing.
Process the inbox to zeroEvery day 17:30For each item: bin it, do it if under two minutes, hand it off, or file the next action.

Next actions

Example: call the clinic to book a check-up
Example: draft the quarterly update email
Example: buy printer ink

Waiting for

Example: quote from the contractor, asked on Monday

Projects

Example: renew passportsAnything with more than one step. Keep one next action for it in Next actions.

Someday or maybe

Example: learn to sail

Weekly review

Weekly reviewEvery Friday 16:00High
- Collect loose papers, notes and messages into Inbox
- Process Inbox to zero
- Check last week's and next week's calendar
- Chase everything in Waiting for
- Make sure every project has a next action
- Read Someday and move anything that is now live

About this template

GTD rests on one habit: get everything out of your head into lists you trust, then decide the next physical action for each thing. This project sets up those lists as sections, with a few starter tasks that show what belongs where.

The weekly review is the step most people skip, and the method stops working without it. It is set to repeat every Friday afternoon.

Tips from the template

Capture into Inbox without sorting; sort once a day.
Every item in Next actions starts with a verb you could do today.
Use labels for context: calls, computer, errands.

How to use it in ActivityTracker

1Open Tasks and choose Templates.
2Find Getting Things Done (GTD) and open it. You see every section and task before anything is added.
3Pick the day you start, or the day it has to be done by. Every date moves with it.
4Press Use template. Rename the project, then work down the list.

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