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Mrs-Polifax said:
Thanks for clarifying, @gtdstudente! I believe I understand now that you are using "Tiny Habits" to futher your GTD practice, so there is a double benefit involved. That is a very interesting idea, to use one Next Action as an Anchor that triggers other Next Actions, such as, using a "Walk the Dog" Next Action commitment as an Anchor that triggers going to your Next Actions list for Calls.

I'm a little puzzled here because to create a habit in "Tiny Habits" we need to use a regularly repeating routine or habit as an Anchor behavior to which we can hook the new Tiny Habit. We use an already estabished regularly repeating routine or habit because the Anchor behavior needs to happen often enough to become associated with and trigger the new Tiny Habit.

I certainly think that "taking the dog out for a safe walk in the park" could be a regularly established routine or habit, perhaps even a daily one -- but is it then a Next Action?

Hmm. I'm not sure. Since it is a habit or a routine, I don't need to remember to do it, so I might not list it at all; or I might list it on a Routines or Habits list I consult regularly. However, what matters is whether it works for you, so probably a routine or habit could also be a Next Action commitment.

After we do our new Tiny Habit, we need to celebrate that we did it. I remember you like this very much, and so do I, because it makes me feel good, and that works to help me create the new Tiny Habit. I do not notice here in your comment any celebration of the completion of the new Tiny Habit, but you might be doing that celebration without mentioning it.

What am I celebrating? I am celebrating that I DID DO the new tiny behavior. Yay, I did it! This celebration is what reinforces and creates our new Tiny Habit behavior. I will break down the formula here:

AFTER I [do the Anchor behavior],
THEN I will [do the new Tiny Habit], and
FINALLY, I will immediately celebrate by [doing my choice of celebrating behaviors].

Here is one you can complete in regard to walking your dog:
AFTER I [take the dog for a safe walk in the park],
THEN I will [ _________ fill in the blank], and
FINALLY I will immediately celebrate by [ ________ fill in the blank]

I'm guessing that there may be a problem because your Tiny Habit may not be totally clear. What exactly does it mean to "Consult the Calls Next Actions list?" Precisely what is the small simple physical new Tiny Habit behavior you want to create?

How do you know exactly when you have completed this Tiny Habit? Is it complete when you get back from walking the dog and activate your computer and go to your Next Actions Calls list and open that list? Is it complete after you have made one or all listed calls?

Until you know exactly what Tiny Habit you want to create, it is hard to know when that Tiny Habit has been completed, and then it is difficult to know when it is time to immediately celebrate, which is very important in creating the new Tiny Habit.

Thanks for sharing your idea. It had not occurred to me to use Tiny Habits as an adjunct to implementing my GTD system. Very clever!

Warmly,

Emily
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@Mrs-Polifax

Will hopefully return for the rest of your very good GTD post

For the moment:

"I certainly think that "taking the dog out for a safe walk in the park" could be a regularly established routine or habit, perhaps even a daily one -- but is it then a Next Action?"

In GTD terms, yes, actions in the midst of routines can be a Next Action, since there is nothing necessary prior, unless one is unable to find the leash or grap a debris bag

Thus Areas-of-Focus, in themselves, can have appropriate with Next Action(s) as well as routines . . . habits are mostly about the 'difficult' made easier through perseverance, or perhaps more accurately, the virtue of fortitude to overcome arduous defects; possessing that which one finds missing
As we touched on some time ago: Vices are counterproductive behaviors (bad habits), while Virtues are appropriate habits are one's betterment

Again, hopefully will return for the rest of your very good GTD post

Thank you very much

Learning GTD itself is a very good example of the above for its intrinsic and extrinsic transformative effects ?
 
@Mrs-Polifax

Next Actions are by definition "Start to Finish", aka, "Completion" at least until is it shows up again as Next Action ?

Yes, Celebrating is very important, especially when a Context or Next Action has even the least bit of dread to it for crowding out and inherent dread to smithereens ?

@Calls

@Walk-Dog could include another/other Context(s) as a Next Action item

As such, @Calls, @Errands, etc. could also exist a possible opportunity within a particular Contexts, as in this case while @Walk-Dog some Calls and Errands might have been possible for doubling . . . even tripling one's Celebrating ?

Thank you very much

As you see GTD fit. . . .
 
Mrs-Polifax said:
@TimBourne

Dear Tim:

You have so much energy, and you explore so many interesting things, and you do this even while holding down a job. I admire that. I sincerely encourage you to learn more about GTD and about any other subjects you want to pursue in life.

Nonetheless, I'm wondering whether you may be defeating yourself by diverting your energy into many different directions, so I suggest that you FOCUS on one or two or three very small, easy things to do, and that you complete doing these things before you take on anything further.

Your success in completing these few tiny things will gradually help you succeed in a bigger way, and gradually that will spread to other things.

In the case of the mind sweep, you might say, "My mind did not become entirely empty of thoughts, so I failed." I see how you might think so, because it might have been said in the GTD book that in a mind sweep, we empty our minds onto the page, or something like that. However, if so, then I believe that is an exaggeration to make a point, and it is not meant literally.

I believe the idea of emptying our minds means that we write on the page all the "stuff" bothering us, since it is not the way we want it to be. That in itself relieves our minds, even though nothing is tangibly different fort lauderdale video production service. We feel calmer after doing this, and we are able to be more effective.

Later, when we are ready to advance, we can "process" our captured "stuff" (see the updated GTD book Pages 37 and 40). This will relieve our minds even more because then we will know that the things that concern us are being tracked in our GTD system and are under control.

For now, we need to start where we are.

Here below is a RECIPE for creating a habit. You need to fill in the blanks for the specific habit you want to create. I am giving you an example from the "Tiny Habits" book called the Maui habit. I myself am learning this habit to start. To learn a habit well, you do it until it is automatic.

It is okay to choose your own method of celebrating. Anything that makes you feel good will work. If you like, you can start with the Maui habit and practice how to develop a habit. Later, you can apply the RECIPE to any other habits you might want to develop (such as, perhaps, a mind sweep habit).

THE MAUI HABIT:
1. AFTER I do this regularly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AFTER I get out of bed and put my feet on the floor every morning
2. NEXT I will do my new habit . . . . . . . . . . . . I will say out loud, "Today will be a GREAT day!"
3. And I will IMMEDIATELY celebrate by . . . . And I will IMMEDIATELY celebrate by clapping my hands. and saying, "Yay! I did it!"

Below is a blank RECIPE you can use:

THE _____________________________ HABIT
1. AFTER I do this regularly: ______________________________________________________________
2. NEXT I will do my new habit: __________________________________________________________
3. THEN IMMEDIATELY I will celebrate by: _______________________________________________


Best wishes, Tim!

Warmly,

Emily
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@TimBourne

Regarding "Post-Its"

On this end, very 'light visual touch'

Used sparingly

If concern remains uncompleted by day's to Post-It 'information/reminder' is 'transferred into personal GTD system by end of the day

Could also be 'Posted' where needed: like on the front door, take out "stinky trash" when leaving the house

As you see GTD fit. . . .
 
gtdstudente said:
@TimBourne

Regarding "Post-Its"

On this end, very 'light visual touch'

Used sparingly

If concern remains uncompleted by day's to Post-It 'information/reminder' is 'transferred into personal GTD system by end of the day

Could also be 'Posted' where needed: like on the front door, take out "stinky trash" when leaving the house

As you see GTD fit. . . .
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you saw my message on post its?
why didn't you reply to it in the messenger section?

'light visual touch'

Used sparingly

If concern remains uncompleted by day's to Post-It 'information/reminder' is 'transferred into personal GTD system by end of the day

Could also be 'Posted' where needed: like on the front door, take out "stinky trash" when leaving the house

I don't understand this writing?
You are writing new things in my memory from what were different what you originally wrote about posits said
 
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