GTD with EN (revised edition)

[Wvit 9]

Hello,

 

A long time reader on the Evernote Community, time to give back : )

 

## Goals

• Minimalist / Simplicity
• Notebook & Stack Based
• Use as little tag as possible

## Set up

• 2 stacks
  • 00 GTD (stack)
    • 0 - inbox (one topic/task/item per note)
    • 1 - Next Actions (notebook)
      • 100 - Agenda (I've only one note for all the person, each separate by a horizontal line)
      • 101 - at Work Station (@work, list of all next action when I have full access to all the tools I need)
      • 102 - at Home
      • 103 - at Out & About (@Errand)
      • 104 - at Anywhere
      • 105 - Interesting Article (This can be in a checklist as well as in the at Anywhere but I separate it because I read at least 30 mins a day, so when I want to read I just open this note. It contain both web link & note link)
      • 106 - Waiting For
    • 2 - Project (notebook)
      • 201 - Current Project (list of all current project in one note)
      • 202 - Waiting For (I no longer use this note. Merge it with someday/maybe.
      • 203 - Someday 
      • 204 - Maybe
    • 3 - Project Reference (notebook)
      • a lot of note. One project can have as many note as required. Evernote will have some code/id match with the one in "201"
    • 4 - Checklist (notebook)
      • quite a number of note
  • 01 Reference Material (stack)
    • for this I create a number of notebook into a broad category that suite my style e.g. bill & payment, cool web (both concept, idea, design, etc.)
    • This is the only place I use tag. I have about 10 tags e.g. tool (for any note that contain info about a useful tool both digital and physical) ,etc.

## Usage

• I look at "201" current project only a few times a day, usually when I have new project
• Most of the time i will be in any notebook in "1 - Next Actions"
• I open "3 - Project Reference" as required by my work
• Currently I use only the web version of EN (Just install SSD HD with only 250 GB). I open 5 tabs, each tab are usually for 1 notebook
  • tab 1 for "0 - inbox"
  • tab 2 for "1 - next action" (when click the notebook the note will change to all action that I can do at that context)
  • tab 3 for "2 - project"
  • tab 4 for "3 - Project Reference"
  • tab 5 is not for "4 - Checklist" but for "SEARCH". This way, I always have a quick access to my inbox, next action, project and project reference material.
• When I do the weekly review, I will spend quite sometime on "2 - Project" and "4 - Checklist"

## Current Issue

1. When change notebook of a note, it (the list) goto that changed notebook.
2. A little bit hard to upload file.
3. It would be great if each notebook can sort note by different method. e.g. "0 - inbox" by date created, "1 - Next Actions" by title, "search" by date updated ,etc.

Hope this is useful.

 

PS. please pardon my English. English is not my native tongue.