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Don't totally understand NAs
mream | Mar 14 2006
I'm new to GTD. Just read the book over the weekend, and spent today collecting and beginning to process. There is still something I don't understand about next actions. Let's say I have a list of 50 projects, and I go through each one and decide what the next physical action is... am I going to end up with a list of 50 actions, work through those, then generate 50 more? Would I be kind of spinning my wheels as I rotate through all 50 projects, rather than focusing on one, and doing more actions on that one? Or am I missing something? When I list NAs, should I list all the NAs I can do on a specific project? Thanks for the help, Matt 16 Comments
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 Those lists make a lot...Submitted by SteveC on March 22, 2006 - 6:35am.
paperandglue wrote:
Those lists make a lot of sense to me, but I have one question: is it OK to have more than one next action listed at a time in your NA lists? (as the @WORK example implies.) It's more than permitted -- it's essential! For example, I have an @Outdoors context for stuff i want to do at home, either in the garden or the garage. Currently it has the following on it. Check for 6" pots Next time I have the chance to do something out there, I need to know all the options. I cannot do all of those actions in all circumstances. I can check for the 6" pots at almost anytime, but digging the tomato plot will take about an hour and requires daylight. The same sort of considerations apply to all contexts. Steve » POSTED IN:
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