Capture open loops before they capture you
Explain why capturing open loops protects attention and choose a reliable capture habit.
The move: capture first, decide later. GTD treats attention leaks as open loops. An open loop is any commitment your mind believes still needs handling: a reply, a renewal, a slide, a concern, a promise. The leak is not the task itself. The leak is the lack of a trusted landing place. Capture without judging Write the item down in one place before you decide whether it is worth doing. Capture is deliberately low-friction because a complex capture process becomes another interruption. Clarify after the work block Do not turn capture into live triage. During focused work, the only question…
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