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GTD: priorities and fake due dates

Started by toddmundt · 10 months ago

Michael Gorsline at GTD Times has an excellent post that addresses a sticky issue for many who use GTD - either religiously or agnostically: priority.
Many GTD-type software programs allow users to assign a priority to a to-do item. Gorsline argues (persuasively, in my opinion) that hard-a ... Continue reading »

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  • Stephen

    10 months ago

    Good points Todd. I too have found myself imposing schedule date in order to attempt to force an action or project and end up over booking every day. I too have been leaving my system daily feeling I have failed in some manner. I never really thought of them as 'fake due dates' but they really are.

    I'm still stuck in trying to work with priorities since they do come into play after context, time available, and energy but maybe I should reconsider. The first thing I am doing at work is remove any non-deadline scheduled dates and try to get back to the a more pure GTD solution.

    Thanks
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  • Dan

    10 months ago

    For implementing GTD you might try out this web-based application. It has both priorities and contexts, and you can combine them how it works best for you:

    http://www.gtdagenda.com

    You can use it to manage your goals, projects and tasks, set next actions and contexts, use checklists, schedules and a calendar.
    A mobile version and iCal are available too.

    Hope you like it.
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  • toddmundt

    10 months ago

    Dan - I'll check it out. I think I may have done so at one point, but I'll take a closer look. Thanks!
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  • jmproffitt

    10 months ago

    Thanks for posting this, Todd. I'm not a rabid GTD follower, but I like the ideas and use pieces of them. And I've always WANTED to set priorities for things, but always felt like a failure every time something else comes up and knocks me off the path I wanted to follow.

    I think what I need more than anything is a rapidly-cycling "review" process of my lists to keep me oriented. That would probably be more useful than setting priorities.

    And I totally agree with your notion of only setting deadline dates when they're real, not imagined.

    Thanks for sharing!
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