Tracking long-term tasks
March 18th, 2010 Danny Bader - Staff ContributorCategories | Best Practices of GTD | Getting Things Done | Implementation
A GTDer asked:
Do we write down only immediate tasks, or also long term tasks? How to track a long-term task?
My reply:
I am assuming that by long-term tasks you mean an action that cannot be taken now, but will need to be done in the future. One of the keys of GTD is to develop an action list comprised of only actions that are actionable now. If one places actions they know need to get done in the future – but cannot be acted on now – on their list, then every time they looked at it they would have to filter the actionable vs. the non-actionable. This would likely slow the person down, and in many cases cause them to abandon GTD.
Understanding this, there are a few options:
- If the long-term action is part of a project (an outcome that requires more than one action) you may want to track the action wherever you are managing your project information. …more









