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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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 Rule of thumbSubmitted by brownstudy on October 20, 2006 - 8:08am.
I've tended toward a rule of thumb that no project (sub-project, whatever) should be longer than 2 hours. Somedays, I make the project no more than 45 minutes. The key is to break the big outcome down into smaller sub-projects you can wrap your mind around. But if you need to sit down and *write* for 3 hours, then that's an appointment on your hard-landscape calendar. I suppose you could list it as a next-action (@computer) or project ("write for 3 hours") depending on how you think about it. » POSTED IN:
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