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writing a book and have too many next actions
chadgr | Oct 14 2006
Hi. I'm just getting started on GTD while part way into writing a book. I've gone through the collection process and most of the things I wrote as tasks on my mind (and now in my inbox) relate to the book. Perhaps I don't understand how to process the inbox correctly, but I'm wondering whether the whole book should be my one project (with a ton of action items) or if I should break it into subprojects in KGTD (e.g., gather information on issue A, collect photographs for Chapter 5). If I keep it as a single project, it seems I have an unmanageable number of actions each of which could be eligible for a "next action." I hope I'm making sense. Any suggestions would be appreciated. 11 Comments
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 Why would you want to...Submitted by Cpu_Modern on October 17, 2006 - 2:12pm.
Cpu_Modern;6277 wrote: Why would you want to list all the possible actions? Way to much work. Just write down the next actions. Think of them as kinda sort of bookmark like in ok that's where I am with this project at the moment. Robert Peake offers another twist on this: "Rather than trying to run down all the branches to the end, using GTD means thinking just as far ahead as you need to think in terms of your actions, and no further. So when things change in the real world, as they invariably do, you don’t have to spend hours re-drawing the Gantt chart — instead, you are already at the appropriate juncture, and can instantly re-calibrate and change course to take the next most appropriate path." http://www.43folders.com/2006/10/17/robert-peake-part-one/#more-730 » POSTED IN:
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