Best GTD for Designers

What GTD actually asks of you

Get every commitment out of your head and into one trusted inbox, then decide the very next physical action for each.

Lists are organized by the verb — call, draft, review — never by topic. The non-negotiable part is the review: without it the lists rot into noise within two weeks.

How designers put it to work

1. 1

   Critique with its context

   Feedback lands captured next to the frame it refers to — including the feedback that contradicted last week's. Design rationale lives in the record, not in the designer's memory of the meeting.

2. 2

   A pattern shelf, not a moodboard pile

   Inspiration is stored by the problem it solved — empty states, pricing pages, onboarding — so the shelf answers a brief, not just a vibe. Sources stay attached for when the client asks where it came from.

3. 3

   The dropped-direction log

   When a direction dies, the reason is captured next to the work. Six months later, when someone suggests the same direction, the link answers before the meeting does.

The capture habit, the linking, and the retrieval are the parts tentus automates — gtd without the daily upkeep.

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