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nickv,

One thing you may be developing as you get control of your time at the runway/10,000 foot levels is what some folks rather indelicately call a "crap detector." In this context, it's your...

Roger,

When things are that far out, like drivers license renewals, etc. I just put them in the month folder to which they belong. My drivers license renews in June of 2013, so the reminder just...

Senol,

I use the "rule of ones" to define next actions. Next actions are:
- One meaningful unit of work that is done in
- One context on
- One occasion by
- One person (i.e., me)
...

Whochrisporter,

Forgive me for saying this, and I'm not trying to be a smart alec, but when I read your post, it occurred to me that you are showing a lot of signs of mental exhaustion or possibly...

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Here is my plan:...
- Eliminating context lists because I think multi tasking or anything dealing with "multi" is stressing me out and makes me forget more. I think...

aaresca,

In my system, a detailed project plan is project support material. I put plan tasks that have started into either the project list or the next action list depending on their complexity. ...

Blissfulthinking,

When I have decided to do (or at least start) something on a particular day in the future, I put it into the tickler file.

When I would like to - or think I should - do...

Oogiem,

Instead of contexts or ticklers, why not use an agenda? Normally, an agenda holds all of the actions that you would want to do when you are at a certain event or with a certain person. ...

Another idea would be to use a "File Out" card, which you could make out of either a left cut or center cut file folder. (Or just take one of your right cut folders and turn it around.)

File...

One of the things I really liked about Mark Forster's approach was the "Will-Do" list. I made one up fresh every day. At the top was the day's "current initiative," then the list of things I...

Brent,

How do you factor in situations where you could have worked on a project but didn't because you simply chose to do extra work on other projects?

I've said it before on this forum (albeit a year or two ago), but I heartily recommend reading Professor Solomon's book. I've used his techniques, and they really, really work!

tor,

One of your concerns about using ticklers (and blogs) might be that you aren't seeing the epiphany at times that you really need to be reminded of it. Consider putting the reminders...

jimmo,

It's really a question of balancing the amount of time logging in and out of admin consoles and such, against the additional work of maintaining all of of the additional contexts in your...

Borisoff,

Interesting problem. Most people have problems with putting a project on a next action list because the project is too big and amorphous to give them the clarity they need to get...

Arc,

Just make each brainstorming session a next action. Once you complete the session, that particular next action is done. You can then just create another next action for a subsequent...

Howard,

Processing can be procrastination. Any form of activity can be procrastination if you are doing it to avoid doing something else. You can do processing to avoid working on projects. You...

Borisoff,

I guess you're finding out that you are not the only one deciding whether a project is active or not. :-)



I think what you have here are projects that you have decided not to...

Kurt,

The purpose of a context list is to remind you of all of the things you can accomplish in a certain place, or with a certain resource like your computer. By splitting up your lists,...

Paraselene,

For me Someday/Maybe is a parking lot for things that it has occurred to me to do, but I am not going to go to work on right now. It contains anything and everything. I have never...