My impression of the key to GTD is that there are places for stuff and process that doesn’t require 100% of all possible places to be created before performing actions. So what kind of spaces are needed?
- Paper – mail, files, folders, processes
- Email – inbox, folders, processes
- Electronic documents – pictures, movies, PDF, word, excel, etc.
- Physical stuff – keyboards, guitars, house, dishes, cables, books, etc.
So break it down by rooms where things are not organized, the stuff in them, and places for the stuff to be put where they can be considered organized.