I understand the concept that Someday/Maybe is for things you're not ready to move on just yet, either because you don't have the time/capacity/resources/whatever or it's just not a priority. And everything on your Project list should be things you're committed to moving on right now.
Where I get stuck sometimes is having projects that I'm not necessarily committed to moving on immediately, but that I have the potential to move on at any given moment.
As an example, I want to buy a new bookshelf for my office. My next action would be to research bookshelves online. This is something that's not super important, and I honestly don't know if I'm super committed to doing anything about it this week, so it seems like it would go on Someday/Maybe until I'm like "yes I definitely want to buy this thing in the next week or so, let me put it on my projects list and focus on it asap". But on the other hand, if I put it on my Projects list and have a next action, I might see it when I'm scrolling through my NA list and think "oh that's something kind of brainless activity let me just do a search and see where we end up." And then the project gets pushed forward a bit.
The problem is that I seem to have a lot of things like that where it would be nice to move the project forward but I wouldn't say it's pressing or that I'm really planning on committing to doing something about it in the next week or even the next month, so then I have a ton of stuff in my Next Actions list that are kind of clogging it up. But I feel like if I take all those out until I'm "committed" to it I might be missing an opportunity to move something forward when the mood strikes and when I see it on my list.
Not sure if that makes sense, or if I'm missing a way to handle this. Maybe I have a separate context for Next Actions related to those types of projects? Although then when do I look at that list. Or do I limit the number of those "If I get to it great but I'm not fully committed" projects on my list? I don't know if I have the discipline to move all those to Someday/Maybe, but maybe that's the best thing to do and I just deal with the opportunity cost.
Is everything on your Project list something you're 100% committed to moving forward on right now, or do you make room for things that would be nice to do but will honestly probably sit on your NA list for months?
Where I get stuck sometimes is having projects that I'm not necessarily committed to moving on immediately, but that I have the potential to move on at any given moment.
As an example, I want to buy a new bookshelf for my office. My next action would be to research bookshelves online. This is something that's not super important, and I honestly don't know if I'm super committed to doing anything about it this week, so it seems like it would go on Someday/Maybe until I'm like "yes I definitely want to buy this thing in the next week or so, let me put it on my projects list and focus on it asap". But on the other hand, if I put it on my Projects list and have a next action, I might see it when I'm scrolling through my NA list and think "oh that's something kind of brainless activity let me just do a search and see where we end up." And then the project gets pushed forward a bit.
The problem is that I seem to have a lot of things like that where it would be nice to move the project forward but I wouldn't say it's pressing or that I'm really planning on committing to doing something about it in the next week or even the next month, so then I have a ton of stuff in my Next Actions list that are kind of clogging it up. But I feel like if I take all those out until I'm "committed" to it I might be missing an opportunity to move something forward when the mood strikes and when I see it on my list.
Not sure if that makes sense, or if I'm missing a way to handle this. Maybe I have a separate context for Next Actions related to those types of projects? Although then when do I look at that list. Or do I limit the number of those "If I get to it great but I'm not fully committed" projects on my list? I don't know if I have the discipline to move all those to Someday/Maybe, but maybe that's the best thing to do and I just deal with the opportunity cost.
Is everything on your Project list something you're 100% committed to moving forward on right now, or do you make room for things that would be nice to do but will honestly probably sit on your NA list for months?