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Dealing with Unprioritized Actions
mream | Mar 14 2006
I'm used to making a list of everything I need to do (it normally includes projects, maybes, waiting fors, as well as action items -- but no more!). My next step used to be to prioritize the actions, 1 through however many there are. GTD appears to frown upon prioritization, in favor of "context." I would say that 90+% of my work is @COMPUTER, so that doesn't help. I can think of some other ways to organize the context that would make more sense for me, but I still don't understand how I can work through a lengthy list without prioritizing it. Can anyone give me any suggestions, in addition to the three methods mentioned in the GTD book? Thanks, Matt 8 Comments
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 What do you mean? Smaller lists,...Submitted by emory on March 15, 2006 - 7:49am.
mream wrote:
What do you mean? Smaller lists, smaller items, smaller steps. Say you have 20 projects. These are outlined with their steps. When you make your NextAction lists, you can prioritize then and there. Don't put things on your horizon this week if you don't mean to do them. If you don't think you'll ever do it, give it to someone else. Don't put EVERYTHING on your context. It will overwhelm and crush you. Put the NEXT actions on that list. What you are going to do NEXT. I think if I put EVERYTHING on my @home or @office lists I'd want to eat a bullet. "I'm baby steppin', I'm doin' the work, I'm notta slacker!" » POSTED IN:
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