An important observation about Getting Things Done

[elfs]

One of the promises of GTD is this: if you write down everything in your head and get it into a system where you can and will refer to it such that whatever it is actually gets done, you'll stop feeling anxious about it and free up your braincells to pay attention to the current item on your list.

There is, however, one type of anxiety that you cannot exorcise this way. And that is the one labeled "Don't, even though you really want to."

Only time makes those go away.