Routine task

[Moera]

I read "Getting Things Done" (GTD). I created 4 lists:

1. Next Actions
2. Waiting
3. Projects
4. Someday/Maybe

I don't understand where to put things like vacuuming, ordering food, and other routine tasks. I'm afraid that putting these into 'Next Actions' will ruin it because there would be too many of them.

Should this go into a checklist?

 

[mcogilvie]

As I think you’ve discovered, having a single list for all your next actions can be unwieldy. If a separate checklist or checklists for routines handles the problem for you, that’s great, Many people break their next actions into several lists, usually organized by what David Allen calls contexts. For example, someone might have @Work, @Home and @Errands lists. Others might have @Compute and @Calls or other lists. You can have both context lists and checklists, too. So there’s a lot of flexibility. You can test what works best for you, but a simple set of lists is often better.

 

[fooddude]

I read "Getting Things Done" (GTD). I created 4 lists:

1. Next Actions
2. Waiting
3. Projects
4. Someday/Maybe

I don't understand where to put things like vacuuming, ordering food, and other routine tasks. I'm afraid that putting these into 'Next Actions' will ruin it because there would be too many of them.

Should this go into a checklist?

I have four notes.
Projects- list of all projects
Agendas-Melissa, Megan, Ryan, and a work meeting.
Next Actions- @computer, @errands, @phone, @home @waiting for
Someday/maybe-list of all someday maybes
I used to have notes for each next action and agendas but wanted it more simple. I put all next actions on the list under the right context.