How to use Evernote and GTD question

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Lets say I have a project titled "Kitchen Remodel". Some next actions include sending emails, making phone calls, as well as making payments to vendors. I could create an @Kitchen_Remodel "next action" bucket and place all of those items in there, or I could place those discreet tasks in my existing context-based "next action" buckets (@Emails, @Calls, etc). If I choose to put them in my context-based "next action" buckets as opposed to creating a "@kitchen_remodel" bucket, is there a way I can use tags (i.e. kitchen remodel tag) to gather all my "next actions" for my kitchen remodel in a "tags" search?
 
You could but it's not necessary. All you need is a separate list of projects and these should be reviewed to make sure each one has a next action.
 
OF user said:
You could but it's not necessary. All you need is a separate list of projects and these should be reviewed to make sure each one has a next action.
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I could, but then I wouldn't put "call XYZ vendor for tile" in my @Call list (where I place all the tasks that require a phone call), right?
 
If you use a (so-called) GTD app (Things, Omnifocus, Nirvana, Zendone, Doit, GTDNext, Facilethings .......) it all sorts itself out by itself. You can have BOTH a project called Kitchen_Remodel AND contexts such as @Phone etc. When you create the task you declare both which project (purpose) it belongs to and what the tasks situational requirements (contexts etc) are.

If you insist ion using paper, then you have to restrict yourself to the latter.
 
I use the context tags for the context (@Phone, @Home, etc), but for projects, I may also add a project specific tag ("Kitchen Remodel" in your case). I use the project specific tag to see what is related to a project.

If I want to be able to review a context separately, I'll add a second version of that tag. In my case, I have both @Home and @Home-Yard contexts so that I can easily see what I need/can do in the house and what is at the house, but yard related.

Ron
 
There's not really a reason why you can't have a tag for both. I use a template for project tags and have them all nested together in Evernote. I have parent tags [ Active Projects ], [ Completed Projects ], and [ Someday Projects ], under each of which are tags, one for each project. Work tags start with w- and personal with p-. So for example, I have an active project where I'm auditing our website for updates and changes, so I have, under [ Active Projects ], a tag called w-webaudit. Then when I do my weekly review, I can just click that to see all tasks in their various context lists (if next actions) or support material.
 
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I have parent tags [ Active Projects ], [ Completed Projects ], and [ Someday Projects ], under each of which are tags, one for each project. Work tags start with w- and personal with p-. So for example, I have an active project where I'm auditing our website for updates and changes, so I have, under [ Active Projects ], a tag called w-webaudit. Then when I do my weekly review, I can just click that to see all tasks in their various context lists (if next actions) or support material.
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So you move projects from [ Someday Projects ] to [ Active Projects ] and from [ Active Projects ] to [ Completed Projects ] by moving subtags between tag branches? And each Next Action has one or more context tags?
 
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