System & Workload
Daily Incoming Items
18 items
Unplanned Interrupt Rate
35%
Weekly Review Discipline
60%
Maker vs Reactive Mix
70/30
30-Day Survival
Collapsed
Abandonment Day
Day 19
Completion Rate
62.4%
Maintenance Tax
24.5h
Critical Bottleneck
Reflect (Weekly Review Debt)
30-Day Cognitive Friction & Backlog Trajectory
Inspecting Day 30
Scrub Day:
Day 30
Did It Survive Without Forcing Yourself?
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Recommendation: Transition to lightweight Time Blocking or Kanban with Work-In-Progress caps
GTD 5-Step Friction Analysis (The Source Rule)
GTD runs on five steps: Capture, Clarify, Organize, Reflect (Weekly Review), and Engage. When unplanned interruptions spike or a review is skipped, capture backlogs double cognitive debt, triggering collapse around Days 14–21.
| Step | Operational Burden | Observed Bottleneck Risk | Status in Simulation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Capture | Writing every thought into inbox | Low resistance, high volume accumulation | Active (18/day) |
| 2. Clarify | 2-minute rule + actionable triage | Friction compounds when interrupted | Tax: 22m/day |
| 3. Organize | Filing next-actions, waiting-for, projects | Micro-decision fatigue across lists | Tax: 15m/day |
| 4. Reflect | Weekly deep review of all lists | Fatal failure point: 60% discipline skips reviews | Backlog Overload (Day 19) |
| 5. Engage | Execute actionable next task | Paralysis when list contains stale debt | Throughput degraded 38% |
30-Day Comparative Maintenance Tax (All 5 Systems)
Comparing total hours spent maintaining each system (pink) versus productive work completed (indigo) across identical workload parameters.