ApolloTheNerd
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Going to put a disclaimer: I've not read the full GTD book by David Allen, all of my knowledge of GTD comes from the helpful Todoist guide on the subject. Reading the official book is on my list, placed in my someday pile until my crazy schedule clears up a bit.
Also adding a second disclaimer: I have ADHD and overthink the ever-loving hell out of things. If you see me putting way too much focus into one specific detail for GTD, feel free to tell me to stop it and to trim the hedges of absurdity with Occam's razor.
I've been trying to rework my productivity system over the summer, and GTD has worked well for me, helping ease my stress a bit over the summer and to work through some self-improvement. However, as school kicks back up and I start chugging through the assignments due next week, I've noticed my pattern of having an ever-growing One-Off Tasks list and several other "projects" (more than 1 step) that get pushed back. I've started trying to examine the issue, and I've found an area of confusion for my general Engaging process.
After running through all of my tasks due today (checking if there are any contexts that limit certain actions) and seeing if there's anything Upcoming that needs attention, I usually arrive at the next action list with some confusion. After you complete the next action for a project, is it advised to move to the actions that follow after it in that project, working through it until you either complete it or reach a barrier, or should you move to the next action for another project, bouncing around the subjects until you reach a dead end and must look through things one by one?
In addition, where should One-Off Tasks fit into the timeline? Projects and tasks with deadlines are usually tackled before them in my system, and I don't know how to treat the One-Offs that have no due date, rotting until I finish everything else.
Also adding a second disclaimer: I have ADHD and overthink the ever-loving hell out of things. If you see me putting way too much focus into one specific detail for GTD, feel free to tell me to stop it and to trim the hedges of absurdity with Occam's razor.
I've been trying to rework my productivity system over the summer, and GTD has worked well for me, helping ease my stress a bit over the summer and to work through some self-improvement. However, as school kicks back up and I start chugging through the assignments due next week, I've noticed my pattern of having an ever-growing One-Off Tasks list and several other "projects" (more than 1 step) that get pushed back. I've started trying to examine the issue, and I've found an area of confusion for my general Engaging process.
After running through all of my tasks due today (checking if there are any contexts that limit certain actions) and seeing if there's anything Upcoming that needs attention, I usually arrive at the next action list with some confusion. After you complete the next action for a project, is it advised to move to the actions that follow after it in that project, working through it until you either complete it or reach a barrier, or should you move to the next action for another project, bouncing around the subjects until you reach a dead end and must look through things one by one?
In addition, where should One-Off Tasks fit into the timeline? Projects and tasks with deadlines are usually tackled before them in my system, and I don't know how to treat the One-Offs that have no due date, rotting until I finish everything else.