CKH said:Be sure to read David Allen's book, "Getting Things Done." Although this forum is very helpful, it assumes that you're just working out how to apply the principles of the book to your own situation, so a lot of the groundwork isn't discussed very much here.
CKH
If you have any ways of dealing with this, I'd be very interested to hear. How do you all keep track of thoughts and ideas or ToDo's(projects) that you think about during the day?
Loukas said:This happens because I use the ToDo list of my Treo600 as my collection bin for thoughts, ideas, ToDo's (Projects) and Next Actions, etc on the move / throughout the day - since it's just very simple to input them in this way. I am supposed to separate them in the afternoon or during the Weekly Review, but they just find a way of creeping up in there again.
If you have any ways of dealing with this, I'd be very interested to hear. How do you all keep track of thoughts and ideas or ToDo's(projects) that you think about during the day?
Loukas
A good way of collecting directly on the Palm without having to immediately process and organize is to keep a Memo category called "In" -- or simply use the default "Unfiled" category -- so that each entry gets a separate note. Then you can process and organize these notes at your discretion.peter_g said:2. If it's not, I've been experimenting with a @Triage category - like an electronic inbox, which is then emptied and processed like any physical inbox. I named it a triage box because each item needs to still be assessed and processed. Not sure if I'm 100% happy with this approach yet, but it does give these thoughts somewhere to live until processed that is distinct from my main GTD next action lists, so it won't "corrupt" them with a poorly-defined next action that just ends up lingering there...
I found this comment has helped me realise that I was listing projects as next actions. I was falling into the trap of thinking I understood what NAs are, whilst in reality they are something entirely different.Gameboy70 said:GTD defines a project as any outcome that takes more than one action step to achive. To Do lists often have items than implicitly have bundled actions in them, like "start exercise program," as opposed to putting that on your Projects list and putting "call gym for membership pricing" on your Calls list. With GTD you specifically define the outcome (project), and define the very next physical action to realize that outcome (next action). The advantage of this approach is that when you complete the next action, you still have an explicit indentifier that the outcome still needs completion, and that a new next action(s) must be determined.