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§ My productivity system

Planted October 2025·Last tended March 2026

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I’ve built a productivity system grounded in Getting Things Done and enhanced with Linear Method thinking, automated through AI agents.

The core idea: get everything out of my head and into a system I trust completely. It takes work, but it’s worth it.

Foundations

  • Getting Things Done — the operating system
  • How Linear fits my productivity system — project management evolution
  • Todoist and Linear Together - Task Management Strategy — dual-system design: Linear (collaborative, transparent, structured) + Todoist (private, reflective, personal)

Horizons

  • My GTD horizons — the full picture from actions to purpose
  • My Areas of Focus — the stable organizing layer (H2)
  • § Buffer Goals / § Creator Goals / § Personal Goals — 1-2 year goals (H3)
  • Goals in my productivity system — how goals drive projects and habits

Daily Operations

Recurring Behaviors

  • § My Habits — tracked habits registry
  • Habits in my productivity system — habits’ role in the system

Review Cadence

  • My review cadence — daily, weekly, monthly rituals and the feedback loop
  • My Agent Implementation Approach / § My Agents — agents that implement the rituals

Tools

Changelog

  • Productivity System Changelog — history of system changes and improvements

See also § My mental models