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I honestly don't see why this is ridiculous? Working through phone calls because you are in @phone mode can be very efficient, especially of you don't like making phone calls and every (first) call...

Summary: you didn't get rid of contexts, you adapted them to fit a form that works for you. Not so different from those who adapt them trying to put energy level etc in them.

Bottom line is: if...

It's funny you should mention this, because I do the exact same as you and also just the opposite. :) I also immediately enter those tiny little mini projects, but not on my project list, but rather...

First of all RichB congratulations for taking the critique from your committee seriously, not many would do that.

Great answer indeed from MJP, I would just like to add a little note on the side:...

I wouldn't call that procrastination... the reason they're on someday/maybe is because you don't feel or don't have the possibility to do them know... if you resist turning them into actual projects,...

will you tell us what worked for you?

greetings,
Myriam

I think that is indeed an important one... there are multiple ways to deal with such items. If you have something that works, use it, even if it's not perfect (yet), and as time goes by, you'll...

I put such itmes on my waiting for list, "WF: apointment with xyz to give stick back"

During the weekly review it then shows up and stays there, until that one week when I do have an apointment...

Why would you copy e-mails? The only thing that needs to go on your list is the actual next action, not the e-mail itself.

I work this way:
- I decide on a next action after reading a mail
- the...

hi,

honestly, I don't really see the contradiction with GTD in what you describe :confused:. Picking a project (THE project) you want to focus on more than any other during the week (3-10 days as...

Figuring out and then being able to start right away with working on something is an approach that works great... if your work does come to you in a serial type of way and you don't get anything new...

there really are different options that you might explore...

If you are sure you want to do it at some specific time three weeks from now, you put it in the calendar (for example dentist: december...

depends on how you define "working on a project"?

I have around 50 active projects, ... if I make a bunch of phone calls, they might relate to 5 different projects. Am I then "working on 5...

Hi,

I have an adapted excel-sheet to do the follow up of my lists and projects. It allows me to filter easily for what I need/want to see at any given moment. It has one tab with work related...

If you feel overwhelmed, it's important not to forget that:
1. those actions were there the day before you started gtd, they all represent some form of engagement you allready had. The only...

I always understood the whole idea behind the two minute rule was that if it was something you considered doing and it took you longer to write it down on your list than actually doing it, then you...

I have one system, in the way that I follow up private projects and next actions in the exact same way I follow up work related projects. But I do have them on two dofferent lists. I do my follow up...

there are several ways to treat this "next" next action and all actions coming after that, that you might want to record all ready because you thought of them and you don't want to lose the idea (or...

Maybe you should try to post this question in the other forum as it is concerning a specific software issue?

Myriam

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the last reply (from SiobhanBR) was from someone different, not the original poster.

So the mention of using a folder inside the car was a proposed solution, not a description of the...