Your mixed weight-management approach is a great example of the kind of hybrid approach that most of us use (and need.)

At the end of the day, it’s hard to put a label on what you have — other than “Bob’s System!”

With regards to the weekly review, I hear this problem a lot among people who have followed the GTD guidelines.

My opinion is that there are other alternatives to keeping extensive lists — see the Orange and Green Belt descriptions in the Articles section — that simply don’t require an extensive review.

When the number of time demands increases, so do the size of the lists, and the need for a long weekly review grows with it. According to 2Time, an Orange or Green Belt doesn’t need to review a list that frequently — most of the items have been placed in a calendar instead and are dealt with when the day/time comes.

Anyone with a weekly review issue might want to consider an upgrade in the fundamentals: Scheduling and Listing.

But I am really guessing here, and going from a quick observation as I haven’t really thought about it much.

As for the golfers, I also think that many casual players isn’t willing to invest in the time and coaching required to acquire a whole new swing. They’ll never turn pro, so…

Thanks for your thoughtful comments! Would love to hear your reaction to anything I’ve said here.

For example, I have been battling weight problems my whole life and have been trying different approaches to fat loss and fitness over many years. No one system seemed to hold all the keys for me. Right now, I have hybridized a system that consists of a nutrition plan from Joel Marion (Cheat Your Way Thin) plus Full Strength meal replacement shakes plus P90X workouts plus a visit to a trainer once each week plus elliptical cardio workouts on some days when my wife can’t do P90X with me. This combination “feels” right, fits my lifestyle, is yielding results and is something that I believe is sustainable.

With regard to the people who only want to “upgrade” rather than replace their systems – this could either be a matter of being resistant to change or of truly having a system that serves them pretty well and only needs to be tweaked a bit. This is akin to golfers who are not very good, but resist the idea of building a whole new swing because, even though they stink, their current swing is comfortable and they don’t like the idea of deviating radically from what they know.

Personally, I am in a similar situation with time management systems. I have tried many over the years and GTD is the one that rings truest for me. I like all of the thought that has been put into it, but even after three years, I still have not been able to really make it work the way it should. I have realized that THE key to the system is a regular weekly review. Without that, the system sputters. I keep a very good and up to date calendar, but for some reason, have not been able to institute the discipline of a weekly review. This is what I am working on right now. I have also come to the conclusion that it is possible for a person to just have too much to do and no time management system can overcome that!