After trying a variety of other methods (plain text, OmniOutliner, Yojimbo, etc.), my various general lists went back into OmniFocus for a couple reasons:
- It's nice having just one place to check for projects, actions, and general lists, especially since the items on my general lists might actually evolve into projects or actions.
- OmniFocus syncs beautifully with my iPhone. I'll never be at the local video shop again without a list of the films I want to see. ;-)
- OmniFocus is simply a great list manager. Why not harness those capabilities for all manner of lists?
As for implementing general lists in OmniFocus, I set them up as single-action lists and put them on hold. That way they're easy to scan when I want to see them, but also easy to hide from view when I'm more concerned about getting things done.
-Dennis