Thanks for that Jason. Some food for thought there.
I've looked at the 'queued and pending' additions in the past and really liked the sound of them. I'm always a bit nervous of adding too many things that may break the whole system when it comes to an upgrade of something. Is there any chance that we could get the queued and pending additions built in to mGSD, but they need 'switching on' if you want to use them? So, the default fild would be the way it if now, but tick a toggle box and you get the extra functionality. If it was built in I'd be less afraid of it breaking. D On Jun 16, 9:20 pm, Jason C <caputo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have come up with a system that I find satisfying. > > I want my system to: > > 1. Highlight critical/time sensitive issues above all else. > 2. If there are no critical tasks, allow me to work on whatever I am > most inspired to work at that moment. If it is something I had not > worked on for a while, I want to be able to pick up as quickly and > efficiently as possible. > > Miller's law is the underlying theory for how I organize my realms, > areas and projects: " the number of objects an average human can hold > in working memory is 7 ± 2." I shoot for groups of 5-7, which gives > me room to grow to the max of 9. > > Currently I have 3 realms. Each realm has from 5 to 8 areas. Each > area has 2 to 5 Active projects. I have a total of 36 active projects > currently. I also have about that many future and queued (see below) > projects. > > To help keep the active projects manageable I added another state to > Project status called "Queued" using the tweak found on Tiddlywiki.com > FAQ under customization. When I do monthly reviews or whenever I have > too many projects in each area, the top 7-9 projects in each area > remain active while the rest go into "Queued" or "Someday/Future" if I > really have no intention of working on in the next 3-6 months. > > I use mGSD for all my tasks except my day job tasks. I have 3 realms. > Each is a different level of importance: Household is the most > critical, followed "Music" (I am self-employed part time as a > musician) and lastly, "Fun." > > To keep next actions manageable I altered my "Do Work" lists to group > and move starred tasks to the top. I try to have only 5 starred > actions per Realm at any time. I also added a "pending" status to > "Next" "Waiting" etc, again to help my prioritize my actions so I am > only dealing with groups of 5-9. at a time. > > So when I start up mGSD, I click only the Household realm and scan for > starred items, which could financial, having a good marriage, being a > great dad, etc. > > When those are scanned I then click on the Music tab. In this way I > can easily judge which starred items need my attention the most. > > Hope this is remotely helpful. Makes more sense in my head I think. > Works fabulously though. > > On Jun 16, 2:18 am, Damian <m...@daminator.com> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > Are any of you using 'Realms' in interesting ways? I have a lot of > > projects because I put everything for half baked never going to happen > > ideas through to projects that need urgent attention into GTD (mGSD). > > I find the line between 'area' and 'realm' blury, and almost prefer > > the idea of using realms instead or areas. I also like the idea of > > using realms to prioritise project. Something like 'Now - Currently > > active - Long term active - Someday - Vague ideas'. But I struggle to > > plan this all out in a structured way. > > > Anyone else had similar problems and come up with workable solutions? > > > D -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GTD TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to gtd-tiddlyw...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to gtd-tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gtd-tiddlywiki?hl=en.
