Fellow GTDers,
Does anyone have any thoughts or experiences as to what causes them List/System 'Numbness'?
Or for that GTD matter; prevents 'Numbness'?
Thank you
I find looking at my lists in different ways helps to overcome this.
I am one of those people who always links their next actions to a project. I then group my projects by areas of responsibility. This enables me to check all the next actions by areas of responsibility rather than by context which is the classic way of doing it.
For instance, I can look at all the next actions within the marketing area of responsibility, and see everything that’s in there. I can further drill down by context within that list.
During the weekly review, I will look at the long list of all my next actions. I can then sort this list by start date, due date, creation date, date modified, context, alphabetically, or project.
I find that doing it this way you see things differently (it’s unfamiliar) and can often highlight drag points within your system.