In the classic productivity model of Getting Things Done (GTD), the Inbox is the place where you initially drop in all new, unclassified (unsorted) data: thoughts, ideas, tasks, etc. It is ideal for your initial "brain dump", i.e., emptying out data you are holding in your head. It is also a great place to send data you add into the database using the Rapid Text Entry window.
Once items have been placed in the Inbox, you can then access each of these Inbox items either from the Inbox view or in the Outline view -- and then you can add: -- all the additional classifying data for each task (date due, context, importance, urgency, flags, stars) and -- any additional customization options available in the properties windows (reminders, formatting, etc.) In addition, from the Outline view you can also drag Inbox items into other folders or projects as needed to keep everything properly sorted. I, myself, use the Inbox all the time, as my primary gateway for dropping in data because: -- I like to drop in tasks and ideas quickly while I'm working on other things. -- I customize my tasks heavily after they are added, and this takes more time than simply using the Rapid Text Entry window first and then customizing later -- I also have a deeply nested outline with multiple folders and sub-folders, so I prefer to file tasks away *after* dropping them into the Inbox and then classifying/customizing them. Hope this helps! :-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/e5a9b9ea-7e9d-4579-9495-3533dc4a6c55%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
