Stress-free paradox?

[dusanv]

The reason for the split is that:

MAYBE: are the pie in the sky items that you may or may not want to do in this lifetime.

SOMEDAY=100% commitment to doing, just NOT THIS WEEK.

They are VERY differengt groups. If I have time I look at the someday list during the week and polish off some of them "ahead of schedule".

That's exactly what I would want from a S/M list. I also like TesTeq's division method, so if I combined these two, I would have 8 lists, but it should not be a problem as long as I am confident that everything is in the place I expect it to be.

Dusan

 

[jennytg3]

Thank you very much, Luke, that was very helpful. I'm going to refer back to this post again and again while processing my in-box - thanks!

 

[Foxman]

Just seen this thread

I split my somedays by Areas of Focus and it gives me a real sense if clarity (I have over 200 on it so far) you can skim through it a lot faster than just having one big list which is great for the weekly review. I've found I completed a number of items on there just by 'accident' as well!

 

[JohnV474]

SDMB and Areas of Focus

Foxman--did you mean 200 items on Someday/Maybe? Or 200 Areas of Focus?

My Someday/Maybe list contains several thousand items. Some items are larger (e.g. build Dream House) and others are tiny details (e.g., replace light switch cover in den).

As a result, I have never reviewed the entire list(s) from start to finish. I found that breaking the list down by the action verb made it easier to review. (I also like the idea of SDMB: review weekly, etc.)

Examples:
SDMB: Visit (people or places)
SDMB: Read
SDMB: Watch
SDMB: Build
... though I also have specialized lists (SDMB: Movies to watch with...), only because they were created ad hoc that way.

JohnV474