I just came across this discussion. Even though it is a few years old, I will still allow myself to reply. David Allen writes in "Making It All Work" (p. 236): "Any project that ist likely to take longer than a year to finish should be parked in this category [goals]. The reason for that one-year time frame is based purely on how often you think you ought to reexamine your progress. If you really need to check the status on an item weekly to feel comfortable, I would call it a project and include it in that grouping. If you can honestly conclude that you only need to reassess your position on a monthly or quarterly basis, then you would most likely want to categorize it as a thirty-tousand-feet item, commonly referred to as a goal or objective."
On this end . . .
1. Without exception,
all Horizons,
Goals,
Projects have appropriate
rigorously thought-
thorough Objectives,
Principles, and
Purposes as GTD expressed in previous post because GTD on this end is understood and preferred for . . . '
Flowing Focus' . . . versus . . . '
Aimlessly Floating'
2.
All Horizons,
Goals,
Projects . . . meanwhile, usually present to either
add a future means to
one's life for better living for all involved, and just as often,
remove a future means from
one's life for better living for all involved . . . are appropriately
Organized through their
General Areas-of-
Focus . . . which also have appropriate
rigorously thought-
thorough Objectives,
Principles, and
Purposes as also GTD expressed in previous post . . . that 'owns' the
Horizon,
Goal, or
Project without any time-distinctions for more vertically dynamic alignment and interaction according to the appropriate
General Areas-of-
Focus
In regards to
Areas-of-
Focus, and what might reasonably seem to be an excessive digression, life on this end currently has Five
General Areas-of-
Focus which could potentially be reduced to Four
General Areas-of-
Focus along with Five
particular Areas-of-
Focus that are
always operating under the auspices of the Five
General Areas-of-
Focus.
Admittedly, 5 x 5 expresses a '25 Operative Matrices' might seem like a lot, however, limiting life's seemingly infinite variables to 25 Operative Matrices sounds very good on this end and repeated often enough to become second-nature in relatively short order to go through life's 'infinite' mine-fields/surprises while greatly reducing the many possible self-sabotaging possibilities that also seem to stealthily present themselves making the '25 Operative Matrices' a very worthwhile 'life analog' to help 'demystifying/uncovering' life's seemingly 'Infinite [combination] Matrices' for good living management.
Lastly, this hopefully welcomed
Areas-of-
Focus 'digression' . . . while the Five
General Areas-of-
Focus could potentially be reduced to Four
General Areas-of-
Focus, however, the Five
Particular Areas-of-
Focus are irreducible and, as such, reduce a '25 Operative Matrices' by a seemingly significant 20% to a '20 Operative Matrices' . . . seems sadly worthwhile . . .
se la vi
3.
All Horizons,
Goals,
Projects must have a
Next Action after the
Weekly Review has been fulfilled
4. If after the
Weekly Review any Horizon,
Goal, or
Project is, intentionally or intentionally, exist without a
Next Action then the particular
Horizon,
Goal, or
Project, has by default, 'moved itself' to an appropriate
Someday/
Maybe Areas-of-
Focus List
Hope this offers you or any other fellow GTDers' GTD value and any 'GTD thinking' that can make the above better or easier would be most GTD appreciated, which, by the way, is why all four statements above end without 'periods'. Thank you with the possibility of additional post editing
GTD Thank you very GTD much
Ps. To all the good mothers . . . along with those who mustered their best and GTDer mother's out there . . . living and passed . . . Blessed / Happy Mother's Day . . . Everyday . . . thank you . . . we self-evidently only exist through you . . . thank you very much !
