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    Default How to implement "to bring" and "to find" in a clean way?

    Hi people.

    I'm sure my newbie question here must have been covered before,
    but I just can't find any good search terms, so here we go again :)

    While implementing GTD in a paper planner, I came across some items from my
    pile of previous lists an notes that I can't quite fit anywhere.

    1)
    "things to find in a fleemarket /ebay /secondhand, if the price is right etc."

    2)
    "things to bring along to the summerhouse for various projects"
    Or in more general terms:
    "things to remember for bring when about to travel from one place to another"


    1 looks a bit like a context, but on closer thought it would have to be
    several (at computer, at fleemarket, at garage sale), but clearly these
    things belong on one list not several.

    2 Is harder.. I mean, if I where to implement lists for all my to-from
    possibilities, I would rapidly get a _lot_ of lists...
    I could put the stuff on my context lists, but I suspect I would soon grow
    numb to those "to bring" items while I was actually "in context".

    Both 1, and 2 is most often connected to projects, but leaving them there
    would force me to do a full project scan when going to a garage sale, or
    about to travel, so that is clearly not practical either.

    So there you have it...
    What would you do with a situation like this?
    Or rather what have you done? :)

    Has been holding up my implementation for a week now, this question, as I am
    reluctant to process the full backlog and old archives into a system that
    can't handle all the bits, so I wold be most gratefull for some good thoughts
    on the matter :)

    Gaute
    Last edited by gaute; 05-16-2006 at 02:58 AM. Reason: No, maybe not..

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