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    Folder Structure for Projects?

    ...These are the most common ways I use my lists. However, I am quite confident that I can arrange these cards in lots of different ways on my desk, to solve whatever problem I have in the moment. I would suggest that whatever structure you choose in software, you have the flexibility to slice...
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    Reinventing the wheel

    ...to be disastrous. My calendar stayed as it was. I tried to use the paper diary for at least the tasks - like back in the days at the Concierge Desk of the 5-star hotel I interned at: list the tasks under today's date, cross off completed ones and copy over the remaining ones to the next day...
  3. dtj

    Where do I schedule, 'make dinner?'

    ...daily card, or maybe my weekly sheet. Honestly, most cleaning happens when something annoys me (aka "event driven"), rather than according to a schedule. Things like cleaning my desk happen when its feeling cluttered, or I have some time like waiting for my next zoom meeting. Just pick away...
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    What GTD products would you find useful?

    ...GTD products: David Allen Notetaker Wallet (+ pen, refill pads, etc.) Plastic GTD folders (Inbox, Action Support, Travel, etc.) Inbox/Desk Trays On a related note, I have always been fascinated by David's predilection for office tools such as pens, paper pads, folios, trays, desk...
  5. Longstreet

    What GTD products would you find useful?

    These are very good! I particularly would like to see MUCH more on #3. The old contexts such as @computer just don't work that well anymore.
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    I got the 2 minute rule wrong.

    ...time. I particularly enjoyed #1. Especially with tech where so many two-minute actions can turn up a yak to shave. When in executive processing mode I set a 2-minute timer that reminds me to put down the razor and defer the next action. I use Timeleft on my Windows desktop for my two-minute...
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    Eraser shavings

    Hello, I deal with paper and pencil a lot, so my desk tends to accumulate eraser shavings. Any suggestions on how to efficiently clear it? Thanks, manynothings.
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    I got the 2 minute rule wrong.

    On this point, this is why having a really streamlined set-up at work and on your computer is so critical. A simple example is having a good digital reference system you can search universally from your keyboard. If someone asks me to send them a report that was released 3 years ago, I can...
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    Replacement for Contexts in 2022. Are Energy, Time, and/or Projects the new driving force?

    ...hard to judge how useful it actually is, mainly because I have a quiet spell with it being the period after New Year, with lots of time at my desk. Over the coming weeks, it gets back to normal, and I'll end up with those weird windows of time David Allen loves to talk about. When I'm killing...
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    I got the 2 minute rule wrong.

    ...now I need to write that down/store it in my password manager right now because if I forget that then I am doomed to deal with an angry IT help desk and lecture about how important security is ... OK, I logged back in ... oh, I need to resync Outlook with the server ... OK, looks like things...
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    Tracking a Project's next action(s)

    ...scenario: I've been outside doing @Outside tasks. I took the meter readings and measured some spare carpet in the garage. When I got back to my desk I wanted to add the new next actions: "Submit meter readings" and "Cut spare carpet to size." In this scenario, it turns out that I had enough...
  12. dtj

    Need Guidance with GTD. Can't seem to make it work

    ...or tools, or movies, I survey the list and get rid of the 5 that I like the least and get rid of them. Think it about like your physical desk. Do you want every conceivable piece of office detritus on your desk, should you ever need something, you'd have it within arms reach. No, you'd want...
  13. Oogiem

    What if @Computer wasn't a context?

    Mine was huge and @desk was never a context of mine sicne I'm either at my desk or outside. This is also my tactic. I have 16 different contexts that are all done at a computer. Mostly by application but a few by device where that is the only or the best device to use for the task. But even so...
  14. C

    What if @Computer wasn't a context?

    ...quick to replace a next action with something more attractive to me. But my @Computer context was still too big, and the edges blurred with my @Desk context and let's be honest I sometimes look at my computer no matter what I am doing. Even if I am cleaning, I might need to refer to a...
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    Tracking a Project's next action(s)

    That is . . . L o w M a i n t e n a n c e E a s y R e g r o u p G T D A W E S O M E ! Ps. In a way I GTD use plain copier paper as, how shall one say, as Extra-Large/Jumbo-Size 'Index Cards' for beginners. Thank you
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    Tracking a Project's next action(s)

    ...at just one project and really think about it without being distracted by those adjacent in a list. It is also possible to spread them around my desk. I have organised them into Eisenhower matrices, made a stack of the ones that really must get done this week, put them into piles by area of...
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    Tracking a Project's next action(s)

    ...which is a self-modified version of the Mark Forster GED (Do it Tomorrow - love that title!), I always had my one capture tool open on my desk. It was my work bible. I added to it quickly and scanned for what I wanted/needed to do next. (I did end up with a lot of old items I never got to...
  18. schmeggahead

    Tracking a Project's next action(s)

    ...for me that separating by context may be a wasted activity at this point. Especially because: Maybe you need room for your book to open on your desk, easily accessible. It can fuel your work rather than just track it. This sounds like the 3 fold nature of work, doing work as it arrives is...
  19. TesTeq

    Tracking a Project's next action(s)

    @Sarahsuccess There are no Context Lists in this system. You group Project cards according to their Next Action contexts. So there are Context Bundles that you browse in a given Context to choose the Next Action to do. @Gardener There's one more idea to use in this system: use colors of the...
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    Tracking a Project's next action(s)

    ...card-file, couldn't it? With tabs for each context. When you're in a context, you could pull out all of its cards and spread them out on the desk, push them around, arrange and group them however comes to mind. It would add an interesting tactile element to the system. I'm suddenly tempted...
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