Part of the review process is to notice things that are just getting put off or not done again and again, and then allocating them a more appropriate context (or even just deleting them - sometimes things you thought were important just aren't)
It would be quite cool to have a search or a list of things that have been the most put-off or ignored. For this to happen, each action would have to be internally time-stamped so that OF knew when they were first created. Perhaps they are already.
Projects and actions in projects don't tend to get put off, just put on hold. It's usually single-action items that end up 'floating' and getting in the way.
Anyway, if there was some (optional) way to get OF to highlight or list single-action items that were past some pre-defined sell by date I think it would be a useful way to draw attention to stuff that you really should either ditch or re-categorize. If there was a preference like 'Highlight single-actions that are over 2 weeks old' or something it may work. Or simply the ability to show a list of actions that are just x days or more old.
Any thoughts on this? I think it may help me come to terms a bit better with things that really should be reclassified due to being ignored for too long.
And you could always turn it off if your GTD workflow was so perfect that you didn't need reminding. However, I think a little nudge every now and again can't be bad. I'm sure some of you have some good ideas how to implement something like this.
It would be quite cool to have a search or a list of things that have been the most put-off or ignored. For this to happen, each action would have to be internally time-stamped so that OF knew when they were first created. Perhaps they are already.
Projects and actions in projects don't tend to get put off, just put on hold. It's usually single-action items that end up 'floating' and getting in the way.
Anyway, if there was some (optional) way to get OF to highlight or list single-action items that were past some pre-defined sell by date I think it would be a useful way to draw attention to stuff that you really should either ditch or re-categorize. If there was a preference like 'Highlight single-actions that are over 2 weeks old' or something it may work. Or simply the ability to show a list of actions that are just x days or more old.
Any thoughts on this? I think it may help me come to terms a bit better with things that really should be reclassified due to being ignored for too long.
And you could always turn it off if your GTD workflow was so perfect that you didn't need reminding. However, I think a little nudge every now and again can't be bad. I'm sure some of you have some good ideas how to implement something like this.