Understanding "waiting for" list (vs. calendar)

[cfoley]

What do you do, if an item on your "waiting for" list turns into "actionable"? Will you move it to "next actions"?

Most of the time, I would add an action to contact whoever I was waiting for. I would still be waiting, so I would leave it on my list.

The exception would be if I was giving up on waiting, in which case I would remove it from my list and think about how else the project could be achieved.

 

[fooddude]

What do you do, if an item on your "waiting for" list turns into "actionable"? Will you move it to "next actions"?

Do you mind clarifying? Waiting for is the very next action. And waiting for with another next action for me to do is the only time I might have another next action for one project on my list.

 

[Andrea!]

Do you mind clarifying? Waiting for is the very next action. And waiting for with another next action for me to do is the only time I might have another next action for one project on my list.

Let's say the item on "waiting for" is: "Did Jimbob return the $ 20?"

During my weekly review, I decide, that I want to ask Jimbob to return to money. So I could create a next action "Ask Jimbob to return to money i gave gim on 20th of November 2024." At the same time, of course, I shall remove this item from "waiting for."

This is what I meant with "move it to next actions."

Andrea

 

[fooddude]

Let's say the item on "waiting for" is: "Did Jimbob return the $ 20?"

During my weekly review, I decide, that I want to ask Jimbob to return to money. So I could create a next action "Ask Jimbob to return to money i gave gim on 20th of November 2024." At the same time, of course, I shall remove this item from "waiting for."

This is what I meant with "move it to next actions."

Andrea

Again, That is about the only time I might have two next actions for one project. I am still waiting for the $20 but I would put call JimBob about $20 on my @Phone list.

 

[Gardener]

Let's say the item on "waiting for" is: "Did Jimbob return the $ 20?"

During my weekly review, I decide, that I want to ask Jimbob to return to money. So I could create a next action "Ask Jimbob to return to money i gave gim on 20th of November 2024." At the same time, of course, I shall remove this item from "waiting for."

This is what I meant with "move it to next actions."

Andrea

I think this depends on your system/software.

On OmniFocus, both the Waiting For and the post-waiting-for action would already be in the project. So I wouldn't remove the Waiting For item, or remove it, or move it to the project--it's already in the project. I would check it off as done, and then the next action would appear.

 

[fooddude]

I think this depends on your system/software.

On OmniFocus, both the Waiting For and the post-waiting-for action would already be in the project. So I wouldn't remove the Waiting For item, or remove it, or move it to the project--it's already in the project. I would check it off as done, and then the next action would appear.

Yeah I use Apple notes. I have a note for projects with every project written in a list. Each context is a note with the very next action for a project on the correct context. I don’t have projects listed in separate notes with all the next actions listed.