[appigo-todo] Re: How I use GTD with Appigo Todo

Michael,

I agree, with the understanding that of the 4 criteria, the first 3
are relative absolutes and only priority is subjective so it's fairly
critical, at least to me, in the process. If I'm at the office with 8
hours of open time available and lots of energy, I would usually have
a high number of "available" tasks, so priority becomes critical to my
selection process.

Regards,

Chris

On Jan 22, 11:13 am, mmorowitz <mmorow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Chris,
>
> That certainly does make sense.  Allen's "Four Criteria Model for
> Choosing Actions in the Moment" goes like this:
> 1. Context
> 2. Time available
> 3. Energy available
> 4. Priority
>
> If you've got a ton of tasks where the first 3 are relatively equal,
> you can and should fall back on priority (before resorting to "gut
> feeling").  But I do personally agree with it being the last thing on
> this list.  That's kinda why I don't spend too much time worrying
> about it (even though most task management tools, including ToDo, put
> it front and center).
>
> Best,
> Michael
>
> On Jan 21, 2:10 pm, hockey_magnet <cju...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Absolutely - GTD is not meant to be 100% rigid, I think I interpreted
> > DA's concept around next actions as being combined somehow with
> > priorities . I also think it really makes a difference if you have a
> > lot of single tasks or a lot of projects with a lot of tasks. In my
> > case, if I have 10 projects that all have to get completed, it is
> > usually easy to decide NA's. The problem becomes if all the NA's have
> > the same or similar context and relative time limits, which one do I
> > choose? That's why I use priorities so that I don't have to spend so
> > much time re evaluating  which NA to do next. Having said that
> > priorities do change and the one thing I've learned from GTD is if you
> > do not do the Review consistently, the system inevitably just turns
> > into a to do list and simply doesn't work properly.
>
> > This is all just my opinion of course
>
> > Chris
>
> > On Jan 21, 9:18 am, mmorowitz <mmorow...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Thanks very much, hockey_magnet. I can certainly see your point about
> > > priorities.  I'm going to go back and read what Allen says about
> > > priorities, especially in the context of a Next Action list.
> > > Personally, I have a very hard time making a mental decision about
> > > priority when I'm processing a task. I generally just say, "I don't
> > > know! I just need to do it!!"
>
> > > When I read GTD, priorities and projects were the two chapters/
> > > concepts that I found least applicable to my personal style. My mental
> > > picture of my own tasks is a big bucket of stuff that all needs to get
> > > done: few goal-oriented projects and all tasks are important (with a
> > > few exceptions). In spite of that minor disconnect for me, GTD really
> > > works (now). I've found this to be the case with a lot of other GTDers
> > > that I've talked to: there are one or two elements of the overall
> > > approach that aren't effective. For some people, it's contexts, for
> > > others it's the tickler file.
>
> > > This is one of the things that I like about GTD: it's a clearly-
> > > defined approach with just enough flexibility to allow for personal
> > > style. There are, of course, a few elements that I believe are
> > > critical elements (inbox processing, calendar management, task
> > > reviews).
>
> > > jimmydolittle, I'm very glad you found it helpful. It makes the time I
> > > spent writing it up worthwhile to see that someone found it useful.
>
> > > Best,
> > > Michael

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