Absolutely - GTD is not meant to be 100% rigid, I think I interpreted DA's concept around next actions as being combined somehow with priorities . I also think it really makes a difference if you have a lot of single tasks or a lot of projects with a lot of tasks. In my case, if I have 10 projects that all have to get completed, it is usually easy to decide NA's. The problem becomes if all the NA's have the same or similar context and relative time limits, which one do I choose? That's why I use priorities so that I don't have to spend so much time re evaluating which NA to do next. Having said that priorities do change and the one thing I've learned from GTD is if you do not do the Review consistently, the system inevitably just turns into a to do list and simply doesn't work properly.
This is all just my opinion of course Chris On Jan 21, 9:18 am, mmorowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks very much, hockey_magnet. I can certainly see your point about > priorities. I'm going to go back and read what Allen says about > priorities, especially in the context of a Next Action list. > Personally, I have a very hard time making a mental decision about > priority when I'm processing a task. I generally just say, "I don't > know! I just need to do it!!" > > When I read GTD, priorities and projects were the two chapters/ > concepts that I found least applicable to my personal style. My mental > picture of my own tasks is a big bucket of stuff that all needs to get > done: few goal-oriented projects and all tasks are important (with a > few exceptions). In spite of that minor disconnect for me, GTD really > works (now). I've found this to be the case with a lot of other GTDers > that I've talked to: there are one or two elements of the overall > approach that aren't effective. For some people, it's contexts, for > others it's the tickler file. > > This is one of the things that I like about GTD: it's a clearly- > defined approach with just enough flexibility to allow for personal > style. There are, of course, a few elements that I believe are > critical elements (inbox processing, calendar management, task > reviews). > > jimmydolittle, I'm very glad you found it helpful. It makes the time I > spent writing it up worthwhile to see that someone found it useful. > > Best, > Michael
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