wing
05-18-2004, 05:59 PM
I seem to be inventing new categories every few weeks. Usually, when multiple related items arrise in my life, it's time for a new category to sort these out.
Some end up not helping me at all, and i delete these or incorporate them into another category.
however, some are winners! yeeha! i know because i continuously access these, or they have saved me a lot of time when i infrequently access them.
does anyone use the @categories recommended in Getting Things Done by Allen? How does that work, and how do you like it?
My favorite categories include:
*SHOP GROCERIES (P stands for personal): each item has an area of the store listed at the front (eg "A can of meat," where A stands for Aisle; "B salad." where B stands for bulk foods & produce)
this allows me to pick up items from the same areas of the store, which is dandy for huge box shops.
*B Marketing, B Accounting, B Operations, etc. Instead of using "Business" as such a broad category.
I find this helps me to work more efficiently by solving all of the problems in one department before moving to the next one.
Some end up not helping me at all, and i delete these or incorporate them into another category.
however, some are winners! yeeha! i know because i continuously access these, or they have saved me a lot of time when i infrequently access them.
does anyone use the @categories recommended in Getting Things Done by Allen? How does that work, and how do you like it?
My favorite categories include:
*SHOP GROCERIES (P stands for personal): each item has an area of the store listed at the front (eg "A can of meat," where A stands for Aisle; "B salad." where B stands for bulk foods & produce)
this allows me to pick up items from the same areas of the store, which is dandy for huge box shops.
*B Marketing, B Accounting, B Operations, etc. Instead of using "Business" as such a broad category.
I find this helps me to work more efficiently by solving all of the problems in one department before moving to the next one.