I like using the stars to highlight items I want to address today, from among my many next actions.
On Dec 3, 12:38 am, jdunham <[email protected]> wrote: > I haven't found contexts to be that useful. I'm sure they are for > others, but that's not just the way my next actions need to be > sorted. However I did have the problem of too many "next actions". > What helped me is making another state for actions and projects which > need doing, but are not on my next actions list. I put items on this > list until my next actions are down to a manageable number (like five > or so) and then daily or weekly or when Next actions are empty, I can > get that other list and review it. > > Seehttp://tiddlywiki.org/wiki/MonkeyGTD/Customization_Guide/Custom_Proje... > for details, if you are interested. > > On Dec 2, 1:03 am, Frederic Aguiard <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > At some point in the past, I realized that 95% of my next actions were > > attached to the context '@work'. I did try to split that in several > > contexts like '@computer:online', '@computer:offline' and '@office' to > > account for the fact that I sometimes work from office, from home > > (both with internet access) and sometimes while commuting without > > internet access. However this was not enough to reduce the amount of > > next actions in '@computer:online' (still in the 85% range). > > > Therefore I decided to experiment the multiple-context capabilities of > > mGTD, and to throw in a few more contexts which are not location > > based, in parallel of the ones listed above. > > I tried using for example a '@criticalPath' for actions which will > > delay other people's work if I do not respect my deadlines, a > > '@today' (that I daily updated) to mark items I wanted to do during > > the day (thus making a daily to-do list...), etc... In the end, what I > > did was having two sets of contexts, one for 'priorities' and the > > other one for 'physical location', and I used the intersection of the > > two to reduce the number of actions I have to choose from each day. > > > I also tried when applicable to reduce the number of next actions per > > project to 1, only keeping as active the one with the highest > > 'priority', and moving the others to 'future', even if it was possible > > to do them immediately. > > > I do not know if such ideas will be compatible with your environment, > > but what is great is that both GTD and MonkeyGTD give you a very broad > > capacity to experiment :) > > > Best regards, > > > Frederic > > > On 28 nov, 03:21, John Holden <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > You can think about using/referring to the 'Completed Projects' and > > > 'Done Actions' lists/ticklers to track what you have done for your > > > boss. This will list things by date and you can review it as part of > > > your Weekly Review. It is 'very GTD' to do a thorough weekly review > > > and I think it makes a big difference. > > > > With regard to daily ToDo lists, part of the GTD dogma is "do what > > > works for you"! If you want to discipline yourself and commit to > > > getting a discrete number of things done - come hell or high water - > > > you can write them in your calendar/diary, allocating them a time as > > > appointments. These tasks are going to take time, so there's nothing > > > wrong in committing to 'an appointment with yourself' to complete next > > > actions. > > > > If you're getting lost with context-based next action lists, perhaps > > > you should review your contexts and challenge whether they actually > > > work for you? Are they relevant to how your work/life is structured? > > > My "At Office" list gets very long and out-of-control, as does my "At > > > Computer". This is because my computer is at the office (!) and the > > > risk is that everything gets added to one of these lists. At the > > > moment I am focusing on getting the lists done, rather than worrying > > > about how they should be organised! > > > > Maybe you need fewer contexts? Maybe more? Probably different. > > > Worth a think about why you get lost quickly. > > > > Good luck > > > > John > > > > On 28 Nov 2009, at 00:11, Jeff wrote: > > > > > I'm back at mgtd after trying text files for a while. They're just not > > > > as pretty or cool as a TW-based app. > > > > > Now I'm trying to use mgtd to also track what I have done so that I > > > > can easily produce status reports/tasklogs for my boss. > > > > > Is it contrary to GTD dogma to use daily todo lists? When I use > > > > context-based next action lists, I get lost very quickly. > > > > > -- > > > > Jeff > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "GTD TiddlyWiki" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected] > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group > > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/gtd-tiddlywiki?hl=en > > > > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GTD TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gtd-tiddlywiki?hl=en.
