---
title: "What matters in GTD"
author: "Stan Voo"
url: https://www.99rabbits.com/blog/what-matters-in-gtd
published: 2011-02-23
summary: "There will always be more tasks ahead than you can reach. Write down what you've already done, or you'll run blind and never feel satisfied."
---

# What matters in GTD

It's important to write down not only what's still to be done but also everything useful you've done.

Ahead of you there's always an endless number of tasks and plans: it's like trying to run to the horizon.

It's important to see what you leave behind. Otherwise you'll rush headlong, buried in to-do lists and tasks, blind and endlessly dissatisfied.