Editing Getting Things Done (section)

=== Summary ===
GTD is based on storing, tracking, and retrieving the information related to each thing that needs to get done. Mental blocks we encounter are caused by insufficient 'front-end' [[planning]]. This involves thinking in advance, and generating a series of actions which can later be undertaken without further planning. The mind's "reminder system" is inefficient and seldom (or too often) reminds us of what we need to do at the time and place when we can do it. Consequently, the "[[#oval7|next action]]s" stored by context in the "[[#tools|trusted system]]" act as an external support which ensures that we are presented with the right reminders at the right time. As GTD relies on external reminders, it can be seen as an application of the theories of [[distributed cognition]] or the [[extended mind]].<ref name="Heylighen2008">{{Cite journal |last1=Heylighen |first1=Francis |author-link=Francis Heylighen |last2=Vidal |first2=Clément |date=December 2008 |title=Getting Things Done: The Science behind Stress-Free Productivity |url=http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/Papers/GTD-cognition.pdf |journal=Long Range Planning: International Journal of Strategic Management |volume=41 |issue=6 |pages=585–605 |citeseerx=10.1.1.161.441 |doi=10.1016/j.lrp.2008.09.004 |issn=0024-6301}}</ref>