[HPsquared]

The way I see it, putting the todo in a list gets it out of my head - I don't have a need to keep remembering it, so I don't worry about it as much - I have confidence I won't forget to to it, because it's on the list.

[euroderf]

That is the essence of GTD - your head is for doing, not for storing, so get it out of yer head and into a "trusted system".