Quote Originally Posted by AJS View Post
I find GTD unique in the management of tasks and projects, but I also previously found great value in yearly goals, quarterly and sometimes monthly goals. Is it best to ditch these for the GTD version for consistency purposes to avoid confusion?
I see no reason to stop using yearly, quarterly and monthly goals. You can have goals for any length of time you want. I think it's just a matter of nomenclature, that if it's for less than about 3 months (or less than a year??) it's usually called a "project" in GTD, while longer-term things are called "goals".

I was accustomed to using the word "project" for longer-term things, and was looking for a different word I could use for GTD-style projects. I ran through a tremendous number of words on thesauri and eventually settled on "set" (as in "set of actions to be done") but never ended up actually using that word. I guess I figure I can use "project" for the whole range from things that will take less than an hour but in more than one step, up to multi-year projects.