Jason C- When you say 'areas' are you referring to what is called 'context' in mGSD? Otherwise, I don't understand what an area is.
On Jun 16, 4:20 pm, Jason C <[email protected]> wrote: > I have come up with a system that I find satisfying. > > I want my system to: > > 1. Highlight critical/time sensitive issues above all else. > 2. If there are no critical tasks, allow me to work on whatever I am > most inspired to work at that moment. If it is something I had not > worked on for a while, I want to be able to pick up as quickly and > efficiently as possible. > > Miller's law is the underlying theory for how I organize my realms, > areas and projects: " the number of objects an average human can hold > in working memory is 7 ± 2." I shoot for groups of 5-7, which gives > me room to grow to the max of 9. > > Currently I have 3 realms. Each realm has from 5 to 8 areas. Each > area has 2 to 5 Active projects. I have a total of 36 active projects > currently. I also have about that many future and queued (see below) > projects. > > To help keep the active projects manageable I added another state to > Project status called "Queued" using the tweak found on Tiddlywiki.com > FAQ under customization. When I do monthly reviews or whenever I have > too many projects in each area, the top 7-9 projects in each area > remain active while the rest go into "Queued" or "Someday/Future" if I > really have no intention of working on in the next 3-6 months. > > I use mGSD for all my tasks except my day job tasks. I have 3 realms. > Each is a different level of importance: Household is the most > critical, followed "Music" (I am self-employed part time as a > musician) and lastly, "Fun." > > To keep next actions manageable I altered my "Do Work" lists to group > and move starred tasks to the top. I try to have only 5 starred > actions per Realm at any time. I also added a "pending" status to > "Next" "Waiting" etc, again to help my prioritize my actions so I am > only dealing with groups of 5-9. at a time. > > So when I start up mGSD, I click only the Household realm and scan for > starred items, which could financial, having a good marriage, being a > great dad, etc. > > When those are scanned I then click on the Music tab. In this way I > can easily judge which starred items need my attention the most. > > Hope this is remotely helpful. Makes more sense in my head I think. > Works fabulously though. > > On Jun 16, 2:18 am, Damian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > Are any of you using 'Realms' in interesting ways? I have a lot of > > projects because I put everything for half baked never going to happen > > ideas through to projects that need urgent attention into GTD (mGSD). > > I find the line between 'area' and 'realm' blury, and almost prefer > > the idea of using realms instead or areas. I also like the idea of > > using realms to prioritise project. Something like 'Now - Currently > > active - Long term active - Someday - Vague ideas'. But I struggle to > > plan this all out in a structured way. > > > Anyone else had similar problems and come up with workable solutions? > > > D > > -- 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.
