Matthew Cornwell says:
In this case, I've found that creating a "full" GTD project for every single problem is a great idea, even if the problem seems to require just one step to solve, because the problem often becomes more complex, presents surprises, or needs to be tracked (i.e., doesn't go away the first time).
I'd take it one step further – every idea deserves a GTD Project. How many times have you thought of a product, a service or just an idea that sparks your imagination and did nothing with it? I'm not saying everything you think about should become a project, some of them deserve the thought, but don't need an implementation. But if everything that went through your head for the first time received the ability to become a project, you'd stop losing all your great ideas.
Bare minimum – when a thought crosses your mind, give it to a list. Write it down. Make the idea list part of your review process. Are any ideas worth percolating them into a project? I separate my ideas into a different waiting for list. They're waiting for me to decide if they're worth persuing.
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1 Matthew Cornell // Feb 27, 2007 at 2:06 pm
I love the though of every idea being a project – nice.
Thanks for the link!
2 Scott // Feb 27, 2007 at 6:50 pm
http://www.abstractspoon.com/
I use this tool to organize my lists of items. When you add an item, making it into a parent of other items is just a key stroke away.
It is highly configurable and very well suited to a GTD implementation or a less structured approach.
For example: I disabled all the colors to code priority except white and red. Red is my “next action” flag, every other priority level is white.
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