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20K ft and higher and GTD

Hello everyone,

I have a question after reworking my system and a year of practice. I have tried to go back through the archives and have not really found an answer. I understand the runway/10K foot (projects) aspect of GTD but not the higher aspect. Where do you keep the 20-50K information in your system? How does visions or goals of paying off a loan or earning x degree trickle down to the runway level? I am missing how the big picture works down to projects and actions for something that might take 5-10 or maybe 20 years.

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In a Checklists Folder

Make a "Checklists" folder where you keep all of your checklists, including the 30-50,000ft checklists from the Getting Things Done book. And review the checklists folder with your weekly review.

Hope that helps.

 
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