Hi list, So, I have been using org for GTD for quite a long time. I love org, and the more I learn about elisp and about it, the more excited I get about it, and the more I see there's nothing out there that reaches the simplicity and powerfulness of org.
However, I started noticing I was getting lost in my own system. This is partly because I still don't have the habit of reviewing it all very often, but I also found out that my main gtd.org file (the one that has projects and next actions/tasks) was getting really long. I know I could just use use the visibility functions to make it more mangeable, but somehow I was still getting confused about what to do at certain points in the day. Then I had the idea of creating a braindead index. Something that I could access quickly and that would give me *perspective* and help me decide what path to take. Here's how it looks like: http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/2199/screenshot20110318at120.png It can be thought of as a: * A dashboard * Overview of my system - a way to glue the most important parts * A way to trigger my mind and help me stay on track (avoid procrastination) * A "cache" area where I can list the projects or files that matter the most *now* * A checklist / workflow * A quick way to regain perspective and help you go back to the "zone" I know we have the agenda, but the agenda view doesn't really give me the perspective I need. It's also more of GUI for querying data from your org "database". I've set it up so that emacs will set this specific buffer as read-only when opening it. This helps making it more of a dashboard and prevents me from adding more stuff to it unless I really have to :) If I need to edit it, I just do a M-x toggle-read-only. I also bound a small wrapper around a find-file to open this file with the F3 key. Whenever I need, I can just press F3 and "navigate" from there. What I want to do now is setup the links. Is there a way to setup a link to an agenda function? It'd be nice. Anyway, I know it might sound like a stupid small thing, but I found that this entry-point to my system actually helps me stay focused. What do you think ? Share your thoughts ;) Marcelo.