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smt3mm | Mar 3 2006
Guys I have been gradually implementing GTD. My work is nearly all electronic and the system is Lotus Notes which I am slowly hacking into some useful form. I am sure there are better systems than Notes. My question is around documents that are sent to me for review. These always take more than 2 minutes so they go into next-actions and into the read and review category. However, they always have deadlines on them which need remembering. If I put them into a calendar or a tickler system then they get put against a hard date which would always be the last date, not good practice because you get a reputation for always leaving things to the last minute. How do others cope with these 'soft' date issues. 2 Comments
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 Two possibilities. Does 'Notes' allow a...Submitted by SteveC on March 3, 2006 - 6:35am.
Two possibilities. Does 'Notes' allow a reminder to be set in advance of the 'last date'? When I have that 'has to be done by' sort of action I tend to put an 'appointment' in the calendar (or make in an Outlook task with a due date), but make the reminder three days rather than the default 15 minutes. The other technique is to keep on top of the reviewing. I too have to do a lot of reviewing for work. I just push it to the top of my priority list, so an unreviewed document is always the most important item assuming the context is correct (@Work -- with enough time). I then don't care when it needs to be done. Steve » POSTED IN:
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