Capture overload — notes pile up because sorting/clarifying is draining
Many users capture more than they can process; the painful sorting step (decide: action, reference, someday, project) causes piles of unprocessed notes. Workarounds (weekly reviews, brutal filters) help but are effortful—some users explicitly want AI to auto-classify captures into GTD buckets to lower cognitive load.
“I use GTD, but one part consistently breaks for me... Because I have ADHD, that sorting step feels disproportionately exhausting...”
view evidence on reddit“Between notes, docs, and voice memos, I capture a lot but act on very little. Where does the process usually break for you?”
view evidence on reddit“Notes pile up because nothing forces me to choose what matters now versus later. Everything stays in a vague “interesting” state.”
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“I use GTD, but one part consistently breaks for me... Because I have ADHD, that sorting step feels disproportionately exhausting, so notes pile up and the system degrades. I started experimenting with the idea of using AI to automatically assign captured notes to appropriate GTD buckets at the moment of capture.”
view evidence on reddit“What helped a bit was adding a brutal filter step. Every idea has to turn into either a ...”
view evidence on reddit“Ive given up on capture then process step. I capture directly into notes”
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“David Allen actually suggests using Checklists for this, rather than cluttering your Next Actions list.”
view evidence on reddit“I started experimenting with the idea of using AI to automatically assign captured notes to appropriate GTD buckets at the moment of capture, so the cognitive load is lower.”
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