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Here are some ideas. I hope you don't get bogged down trying to figure
out how to list them in your systems.

Ah, you seem to start with the same things on your mind each time you
do a...

Thanks. Seriously, when I read the word "goofy" I breathed a sigh of relief. I'm not
sure if I can explain why. Maybe it's that if you think my ideas are "goofy" then it
doesn't sound as if...

I like to use my "powers of two" system for things like that. Some things are to be reviewed more often, others less often; and when I review them, since I know they won't be coming up in the system...

I think the technical term for that within the "Getting Things Done" system is ..."Doing".

Thanks for your answers, everyone. You've helped me see things a bit more clearly.

I feel your frustration. Here are some ideas.

You can schedule a meeting with those in charge and give them a convincing
presentation about why some other solution would be better than...

Deleting steps from projects or goals because they're no longer necessary or
relevant: is this part of Processing, Organizing or Reviewing? When do you
usually do this? How can I conveniently...

Just for fun, I'm imagining what that might be like.

Action: Wash the dishes.
Project: Tidy the kitchen.
Area of focus: leaving a clean house for myself and family members.
Goal: Buy a...

That's a great explanation of Horizons of Focus.

I think it's fine. People who have been using GTD for a long time may well also have all those lists. I would suggest:


From time to time, go over "someday/maybe" and decide whether to move...

If your tap water is fluoridated, it might help to switch to drinking non-fluoridated water. I started drinking non-fluoridated water about a year and a half ago, and since then I've been able to...

Interesting. I might try something like that at some point.

Aversion is variable. Identifying a first action, and even more so actually doing it,
tends to considerably reduce the aversion to...

Hi, RichB.

In your case, I would say that it is not merely of some importance, but is of fundamental importance, that you not only be organized, but that you manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to...

This reminds me of "reward deficiency syndrome". http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/29775633?uid=3739448&uid=2&uid=3737720&uid=4&sid=21101923739483 It's been said that
DMAE helps with this. ...

I find that this step makes a big psychological difference. Moving them
out of their usual location gets rid of the temptation/habit
of leaving them where they are.

I'm trying a version of autofocus today, with a closed list and an open one, and it's going nicely.

Thanks a lot, mark1968, for the link to DWM! It also led me to Mark Forster's Auto-focus and Final Version methods, and John Perry's Structured Procrastination. Wow! Empowering techniques. I plan to...

Right on!

Excellent questions, TesTeq, for dadalus to think about and to post
answers to here if he wants!

In answer to dadalus: Yes, for me, GTD really works, in some ways.
For example, a...

Not a master, but I'll tell you what I think anyway.

The news story might be "waiting for". What do you actually do when you follow a
news story? Do you do nothing special until you happen to...

Here's (approximately) what I do:

I move some emails into an "action" email folder. For most of these,
the email itself is the only reminder. For some of them,
I also put a "next action" in...

OK, I'm quoting myself; but I realized after writing this that exercise
seems to help in at least 4 ways:

-- In the very short term: exercising for a few seconds or minutes
increases your...