Tom_Hagen
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This is my first post here - so hello for everyone. Also sorry in advanced for my english.
I am a bit confused by one subject. I mean dividing next action task. For some of you - as I've read forum - they are only bookmarks while for the others are chunks of something bigger.
Found somewhere advice like that:
"In your example: if you won't read the book in one sitting, and can meaningfully split it up into chunks, then doing so is probably a good idea.
Generally: It's more motivating to have something that you can start and know will be able to finish within a reasonable timeframe and then tick off your list than to have a task that comes back to the top of your stack again and again.
Also, with larger tasks, these are more likely to actually require at least slightly different individual actions, so that the splitting up means that you more clearly define what your next action should do next."
I like to read Oogiem posts - they can be very inspirative. But... in one place Ooogiem writes:
"One of my next actions that took years was weave Black Welsh cloak fabric. I spent 6 years from start to finish for that one action.[...]"
In other Oogiem gives some real samples:
"Inside by Myself
...
Spend 1 hour reading knitting design books re top down cardigan design
read chapter 5 of GTD for bookclub
Shred 2 inches of scanned files
..."
which means that something that could be one NA: Read GTD for Bookclub is divided into chunks.
So, what is your strategy and is there only one correct solution?
Regards,
Tom
I am a bit confused by one subject. I mean dividing next action task. For some of you - as I've read forum - they are only bookmarks while for the others are chunks of something bigger.
Found somewhere advice like that:
"In your example: if you won't read the book in one sitting, and can meaningfully split it up into chunks, then doing so is probably a good idea.
Generally: It's more motivating to have something that you can start and know will be able to finish within a reasonable timeframe and then tick off your list than to have a task that comes back to the top of your stack again and again.
Also, with larger tasks, these are more likely to actually require at least slightly different individual actions, so that the splitting up means that you more clearly define what your next action should do next."
I like to read Oogiem posts - they can be very inspirative. But... in one place Ooogiem writes:
"One of my next actions that took years was weave Black Welsh cloak fabric. I spent 6 years from start to finish for that one action.[...]"
In other Oogiem gives some real samples:
"Inside by Myself
...
Spend 1 hour reading knitting design books re top down cardigan design
read chapter 5 of GTD for bookclub
Shred 2 inches of scanned files
..."
which means that something that could be one NA: Read GTD for Bookclub is divided into chunks.
So, what is your strategy and is there only one correct solution?
Regards,
Tom