Hi everyone,
I just started setting up GTD using Google Tasks. I'm keeping individual lists for:
- Inbox
- Purpose
- Vision
- Areas of Focus
- Goals
- Projects
- Someday/Maybe
- Waiting
- Each of my contexts (@Errands, @Home, etc.)
This seems to be working really well so far, but I haven't pushed the system very hard yet. Two observations, though:
- I don't seem to be using the Inbox list very much. I did at first, but since processing it to zero the first time I've been just sending things directly to their relevant list. I'm not sure this is a problem, but it suggests to me that I might not need this particular inbox in my overall system. Things seem to come in through my physical or Gmail inboxes.
- There doesn't seem to be a way to connect next actions to particular projects. Google Tasks doesn't seem to offer any tagging or other feature to achieve this sort of linkage. But again, I'm not sure this will be a problem. I recently listened to a podcast in which David seemed to suggest that explicit linkage is not necessary and indeed might even be an unnecessary complication. Not having this hasn't bothered me at all yet, but I wonder if it will start to cause problems as I get more stuff in the system.
Can anyone shed light on either of these points? I would also be interested in hearing any other specifics about how Google Tasks isn't up to snuff for GTD.
Thanks in advance!


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