christophe.portier
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Hi there,
My wife and I are more and more GTD-addicts (I am used to the method for some years now, and she's getting more and more convinced about the efficiency of the method!), and we are facing an issue probably linked to the tool we are using.
Indeed, for now, we mainly use Trello boards and lists. We have 3 "spaces":
1) My Trello boards are private and my own staff, my wife cannot access them.
2) Her Trello boards are almost empty, as the ones she really use are in fact "our" boards.
3) The shared "next action" board is, indeed, the one she mainly use. And from the "shopping list", we have added lists and lists and, finally, even an inbox to perform our GTD "common" collect (i.e. when we have an idea together, we note it here; when she has an idea, she notes it here).
This is very useful, as many lists are shared. The "shopping list" is a very good example. As soon as one of us discovers something is missing, he puts it in the list. And when one of us goes for shopping, we always know the list is valid. I don't even have a "shopping list" in my boards.
However, some lists are now in double. For example "Birthday ideas" (I know this is not a "Next action"). I have kept my list in my personal space (because it was there before, but also because there are ideas for her birthday too!), and we have a shared list too. Problem.
I think I remember sharing in this way GTD lists is not recommanded by David Allen, and I can even understand how important this is to keep lists and todos personal, our own staff. But I cannot figure out how to manage "next actions" that she or I can do equally, or lists that interest both of us.
I guess having only 2 personal boards would be recommended, and our system should allow us to know that such "next action" is private or that such "next action" is "shared" (i.e. in our both spaces). We should also be able to know, as soon as a "shared action" has been done, that it has been done, and it should appear this way (or even automatically disappear) from our personal "todo" board. Trello does not allow us to do this. So I guess this is more a question of tool here, and this is why I'm posting this situation in this forum.
But maybe my approach is not even good, and advices become require to help us go on with this.
I hope I was clear enough, and that maybe some of you shared the same issue and found the good solutions/tools.
Thanks a lot for the time you may spend to help me on this!
Cheers,
Christophe (from France, sorry for the probable mistakes in my English)
My wife and I are more and more GTD-addicts (I am used to the method for some years now, and she's getting more and more convinced about the efficiency of the method!), and we are facing an issue probably linked to the tool we are using.
Indeed, for now, we mainly use Trello boards and lists. We have 3 "spaces":
1) My Trello boards are private and my own staff, my wife cannot access them.
2) Her Trello boards are almost empty, as the ones she really use are in fact "our" boards.
3) The shared "next action" board is, indeed, the one she mainly use. And from the "shopping list", we have added lists and lists and, finally, even an inbox to perform our GTD "common" collect (i.e. when we have an idea together, we note it here; when she has an idea, she notes it here).
This is very useful, as many lists are shared. The "shopping list" is a very good example. As soon as one of us discovers something is missing, he puts it in the list. And when one of us goes for shopping, we always know the list is valid. I don't even have a "shopping list" in my boards.
However, some lists are now in double. For example "Birthday ideas" (I know this is not a "Next action"). I have kept my list in my personal space (because it was there before, but also because there are ideas for her birthday too!), and we have a shared list too. Problem.
I think I remember sharing in this way GTD lists is not recommanded by David Allen, and I can even understand how important this is to keep lists and todos personal, our own staff. But I cannot figure out how to manage "next actions" that she or I can do equally, or lists that interest both of us.
I guess having only 2 personal boards would be recommended, and our system should allow us to know that such "next action" is private or that such "next action" is "shared" (i.e. in our both spaces). We should also be able to know, as soon as a "shared action" has been done, that it has been done, and it should appear this way (or even automatically disappear) from our personal "todo" board. Trello does not allow us to do this. So I guess this is more a question of tool here, and this is why I'm posting this situation in this forum.
But maybe my approach is not even good, and advices become require to help us go on with this.
I hope I was clear enough, and that maybe some of you shared the same issue and found the good solutions/tools.
Thanks a lot for the time you may spend to help me on this!
Cheers,
Christophe (from France, sorry for the probable mistakes in my English)