Comments on: Feel Like You’re Not Getting Anything Done? Small Victories Can Help…

By: Manny

Manny — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:54:15 +0000

If I understand it correctly, you accomplish your “small victories” by tackling small projects, and working up to the big one. I tend to use self-talk to tackle a super-small piece of the actual big project. Then, if the small piece gets done, I might do more on the big project than I intended. Sometimes I find there is real creativity in coming up with that “small piece” of the big project.Something I think I am really ready to do. But…anything that will sit me down and get me started! Another technique is a “reward” for the first 15 minutes of work (coffee, a cookie, a nap, etc).

By: brett

brett — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:49:13 +0000

I actually use one line (or two, if necessary) of an index card for each next action. All told, my NA lists total about 9 cards for all of my contexts. So, it’s not too cumbersome, thankfully!

By: gtdfrk

gtdfrk — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:01:02 +0000

I know the feeling all too well! I have a huge list of projects and a long list of things I want to do someday/maybe. But I’m wondering (I know you are 100% analog when it comes to GTD), doesn’t your list of next actions become equally large as well? And therefore perhaps unmanageable especially when you use a single index card for every next action? Just curious how you’re coping with that…