Quote Originally Posted by cybrown View Post
I'm back on the GTD bandwagon and running into an issue I've had in the past. I have a couple projects on my list that involve areas of focus I know I want to work on. For example, I used to have a very serious magic hobby, and still occasionally dabble in it. I think I would like to be more involved in it, but I'm not sure in what way. The only project I can think of is "Clarify magic goals" or "Do something with magic". But what's the next action? The only thing I can come up with is "brainstorm possible next actions for magic area of focus". What do you do with nebulous projects like this?
I've started putting stuff like this into SDMB, which gets reviewed weekly. That way I at least can trust that I will get a regular reminder that it's something I want to think about but I can carry on with my daily stuff without worrying about it, until something more concrete happens.

I also keep a sorta journal which records my thoughts and ideas about these kinds of things so that at least I got them out of my head. In GTD terms I think of the journal as "reference".

By the way, I've found that the process of journalling this stuff forms a kind of brainstorm in itself. In trying to put the ideas into words it somehow forces me to think the subject through, which on many occasions has actually led me to think of concrete projects and next actions.