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I personally wouldn't want to commit to spend any amount of time each day for a year on a certain project. I will be making this choice each day from moment to moment (and also considering...

I'm not interested in having a new app for gtd however I think there is always room for new stuff for other people :p
For me it would not be worth it though

If you are procrastinating on a certain project then there is probably a good reason for that. It's really hard to give a specific advice though without knowing what the project is. But generally you...

GTD gives you options.

You can focus on any specific project as much as you want. As long as everything else is processed and you know what you are not doing then you can actually feel good about...

Thanks for sharing, I actually do the same thing too :)

I have projects to implement information from books/other resources.
When I read the material I take notes and make mind maps and put them...

Thanks for clarifying that, mcogilvie.
I agree that the useful content in lots of books/resources is often not high and also it could even be harmful. That's the reason why I actually wondered if...

I'm not really sure I get what you mean with this quote and if it's relevant to my question, mcogilvie.

But even if I do then,



well that's just one way and probably not the most efficient...

That's a good example. This is somewhat social related stuff and it's not covered much by GTD. But it's essential when dealing with other people. Do you know any good books/resources about those...

Good point, this seems to clear this issue up for me...
So basically the main reason to keep checklists separate is to be able to access them faster.
This makes sense, especially if you use...

Your reply made me wonder if there are any people who really got GTD and have done it for 2+ years and then found a better approach. Do they even exist?

Also to really try another approach you...

Well this wouldn't work for me. I have 30,000+ notes in my General Reference. It's organised really well (similar to wikipedia) and it's searchable, however adding anything possibly actionable...

Yeah, I feel I'm obviously productive enough, but I still read about productivity anyway. It doesn't make sense :)
But I don't read just anything about productivity though, so I generally don't read...

Yeah, it's a good point. The way I use sub-projects though is that a Sub-project most of the time is something that was already an action in some Project but then I decided to make it even more...

Gardener,
Well let's say I'm using just paper, so nested sub-projects don't add any complexity to my list of projects because it's not hard to maintain structure such as

project
-sub-project...

I'd say getting degree is a goal
all subjects are Areas of Focus

"Is there a project "Pass/complete subject X"?"

It's just a more granular Area of Focus

I mean you could have Areas of Focus...

Thanks for the replies.
I don't see how this format would make the system much more complicated though.

I mean is there really much difference if I can see all my projects anyway and I can assign...

Yeah I agree that learning certain skills like typing fast on a computer, learning complex project management skills and etc all could be essintially useful.
However they don't help to find work...

I agree there is confusion because I don't get why would you want to keep checklists separate from whatever Project/Area of Focus/Someday and etc. support they are related to, based on the fact that...

Is it ok to have a project(s) inside a project? All are proper outcomes and are not Areas of Focus, Goals and etc. And all have next actions and are not dependant.
Is it ok to have nested...

Yeah, this is cool stuff

"It's like martial arts training - when four people attack you in a dark alley, it's too late to train."

Great point