As I posted elswhere, when I came back to OmniFocus after a few years with Things, I only took MacSparky’s Field Guide, deliberately avoiding falling down the rabiit hole.
The other thing I have been doing that is very helpful is taking a minimalist approach, and only growing my system when necessary. Meaning, I don’t build out systems in anticiaption of organizing my life. Instead, I start with the bare minimum, and when I stub my toe on a missing feature, I build only that feature. It’s worked pretty well.
I can also recommend Kourosh’s Creating Flow with Omnifocus. I really enjoyed his approach and might have given up on Omnifocus without it. There’s a lot of information in that book, but it does a good job of taking you from beginner to more advanced topics.
Just remember, it’s important to build the system to fit your needs, even if you see it presented in a different way. You don’t have to take 100% of everything that’s said in the book. You can take and modify what you learn to best fit what you want to accomplish.
