Still "Outlook" is the core of my system.
For each someday/maybe item I used to create an own OL task, resulting in over 900 entries for that category. Each weekly review I felt overwhelmed by the mere idea of reading this long list. Often I scanned too fast through the s/m section to become real aware of what was living there.
Today, I tried a new approach.
I created entries with possible future (= s/m) projects. All possible actions linked to that project I stored within the "note field" of the corresponding project.
Result:
The whole s/m-list now contains about 380 entries - which seems much better to me for reviewing (within reasonable time and spending less energy).
When clicking on one entry, I see all the possible next actions grouped there (and not elsewhere).
Still have to verify if it is really an improvement under real life conditions, though.
For each someday/maybe item I used to create an own OL task, resulting in over 900 entries for that category. Each weekly review I felt overwhelmed by the mere idea of reading this long list. Often I scanned too fast through the s/m section to become real aware of what was living there.
Today, I tried a new approach.
I created entries with possible future (= s/m) projects. All possible actions linked to that project I stored within the "note field" of the corresponding project.
Result:
The whole s/m-list now contains about 380 entries - which seems much better to me for reviewing (within reasonable time and spending less energy).
When clicking on one entry, I see all the possible next actions grouped there (and not elsewhere).
Still have to verify if it is really an improvement under real life conditions, though.