I'm wondering what you all typically do with your someday/maybe lists?
I keep all of mine in a separate system away from my active projects. I find it easier to review that way.
If a project is moved to someday/maybe do you move the next actions on that project to someday/maybe as well?
Yes. When a project, perhaps even one that has been active for a while, is moved into Someday/Maybe I also move all the actions that relate to it. Otherwise my next actions lists get cluttered with irrelevant stuff. My list manager tool makes that easy.
If not, do you move them to some project reference or some other list?
If I ahve other project support material in my system. I will move that back into the general reference filing system. I will put a link to that location in my S/M list so I know there is more stuff elsewhere. Those links may reference electronic data in a computer file or folder, or physical data or items that are located elsewhere.
Do you have any other suggestions for how to track deferred actions?
A deferred action is, to me, separate from a someday/maybe. So I do not use the above system for deferred actions.
An example of a deferred project or an active project with deferred actions would be something like this one that is currently active for me.
The project is Spring Vaccinations for the Sheep. It is a series of actions that happens once each year.
The project is set to kick off in February each year. Once of the first actions is schedule dates for vaccinating pregnant ewes. Since the start and end dates for the ewes will vary from year to year and can only be determined after I've taken the breeding rams out that's why the entire project start in February. We usually finish breeding in January. Another action is order vaccine from vet. and then waiting for vaccine to come in, go pick up vaccine at vet office and so on. Then there are a series of deferred aactions. The current one I am working on is Vaccinate pregnant ewes. It had a start date 6 weeks prior to our start of lambing date which is 145 days after primary rams in with ewes for breeding. It has a due date of 4 weeks prior to start of lambing. That's because that is the timeframe that provides best transfer of immunity from the mother's colostrum to the newborn lambs. That task for me for this year had a start date of 11 March and a due date of 25 March. Similarly the start and due dates for the vaccinations for the other 3 classes of sheep (ewe yearlings, ram yearlings and adult rams) is set back in February. I like to spread the vaccinations out because of the workload so I do them in logical groups.
a follow up question: Is it possible to have next actions from an active project in someday/maybe?
Not for me but that is because I don't ever think to look at Someday/Maybe for actions for current active projects.