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All inputs for Capturing/Inboxes. . . . ?

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All input items through objectified tools for Capturing/Inboxes are in fact Maybe/Someday items and remain so until Clarified/Processed and can continue to remain so after Clarifying/Processing ?
 
Yes, in a sense. I think I remember hearing David Allen say that everything on all your lists is a Someday/Maybe item in the sense that you aren't doing it right now and you might never do some of them if you renegotiate your commitments.

In another sense, I think that the distinctions between the kinds of lists that we make are useful.
 
gtdstudente said:
All input items through objectified tools for Capturing/Inboxes are in fact Maybe/Someday items and remain so until Clarified/Processed and can continue to remain so after Clarifying/Processing ?
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@gtdstudente I don't think so.

We capture STUFF. Not clarified STUFF represents items that can require no action, an action as soon as possible, an action on a given day/time, or turn out to be a project or Someday/Maybe. Someday/Maybe contains only Someday/Maybe – things clarified to be not actionable as soon as possible or in a given timeframe.
 
gtdstudente said:
All input items through objectified tools for Capturing/Inboxes are in fact Maybe/Someday items and remain so until Clarified/Processed and can continue to remain so after Clarifying/Processing ?
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Whether or not you believe it's a Someday/Maybe doesn't really matter - you'll never know until you've clarified!
 
If I have an idea which I can’t seem to clarify to the point where it‘s actionable, I may put it on a someday/maybe list. This mostly happens with scientific research, so maybe it’s not a typical case.
 
TesTeq said:
@gtdstudente I don't think so.

We capture STUFF. Not clarified STUFF represents items that can require no action, an action as soon as possible, an action on a given day/time, or turn out to be a project or Someday/Maybe. Someday/Maybe contains only Someday/Maybe – things clarified to be not actionable as soon as possible or in a given timeframe.
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@TesTeq,

Like the other good feedback . . . very good . . . LOL . . . very good

You bring up a valid point that "STUFF" agreeably can be readily classified as Pre-Reasoned items while Someday/Maybe are in fact Post-Reasoned [perhaps one could say at least partially] items without any Volitional commitment

Thank you very much
 
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