Linear vs. organic organization, 3x5 history

[Leslie .]

Since I'm not doing very well yet with GTD (though I do love my Moleskines
and 3x5s), I'm wondering about linear vs. organic planning and time
organization. I'm thinking there has to be some way to more easily
connect standard time-based organization with the results of things like
mind-mapping, but I'm not seeing it yet, and I'm just wondering if anybody
might have any ideas.

For example, it seems to me that the mind like water of GTD crashes up
against the rocks of daily routines (for which I am not very rigorously
pursuing the Flylady method), producing a spray of tasks which don't
absolutely need to be done at any given time, but which (in my little
world at least) usually end up not getting done. These include the
many creative-type things I very much want to do, but which end up
getting lost in the shuffle of elderly cat care, dinner, and paying bills.

One of my favorite books is _Conquering Chronic Disorganization_ by
Judith Kolberg. The best parts are those in which the organizational
methods are tailored to the personalities of those being organized. I guess
the question here is, how do you adapt GTD to the quirks of your own
personality?

The history part: My grandfather for many years kept his journal on 3x5s.
Perhaps that's where I come by my strong attachment to them. He would
have loved 43folders.

Leslie

[ProfDD]

You might like "The Organizing Sourcebook" which looks at numerous
cases of organization. The "situational" approach seems like the right
way to go.

[Leslie .]

Yup, have that one and am reading it. I think
at this point I'm more looking for what others
are doing to customize GTD if it doesn't quite
fit their mindset.

Thanks

Leslie