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Do you put Magazines on your action list?

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Grenouille

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I have recently started a read/review folder and an action support folder. Everything in my action support folder has an associated task. Should the read/review folder be the same? What do you do with magazines? Should I have a task called read Fortune magazine?
 
You could, but I wouldn't.

Anything that takes longer than 2 minutes to read goes in my "Read and Review" bucket. The bucket itself is enough of a reminder; I don't need to put it on a list.
 
I thought so

I figured that the system becomes too cumbersome for casual reading items like magazines. I agree that having them in the read/review is reminder enough. Unless there is an important article I want/need to read, I will keep it off my action list.

Thanks.
 
agreed...I have a read/review bucket. Sometimes when I am in between items I will flip through a magazine to find what I want to read, tear it out and recycle the rest of the magazine. It makes for a more manageable pile of articles.
 
Grenouille;79903 said:
What do you do with magazines?
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I have a designated spot on my desk for my read/review. There is a magazine holder for magazines, papers etc. and about 8 inches of space for physical books and my kindle. If I have stuff that doesn't fit I know I need to spend some time doing reading and review or I need to cull out some stuff to make room so I'll do a quick is this still relevant check of the pile. Keeping it contained by space forces me to keep it current.

None of it ever goes on any action list.
 
Oogiem;79918 said:
I have a designated spot on my desk for my read/review. There is a magazine holder for magazines, papers etc. and about 8 inches of space for physical books and my kindle. If I have stuff that doesn't fit I know I need to spend some time doing reading and review or I need to cull out some stuff to make room so I'll do a quick is this still relevant check of the pile. Keeping it contained by space forces me to keep it current.

None of it ever goes on any action list.
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If something like a book or Kindle does not fit in your designated container, you could also just put the reminder on a note and put the note in your read and review tray. There's a stacking tray above my read and review tray, so I don't have room for books of any considerable thickness.
 
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