use 43Things with GTD in mind

Reference: I’ve been having trouble with keeping projects and project reference materials. 43T could help. I’d keep all info on here.
Next Actions:
Update each project with next actions and references.

After some heavy brainstorming, I have basically categorized my goals by type, and by area of responsibilty:

• (long-term) 5 goals
• (short-term) 19 goals
• (someday/maybe) 12 goals
• (on-going) 7 goals
• productivity 10 goals
• health 8 goals
• fun 6 goals
• adulthood 5 goals
• coding 5 goals
• knowledge 4 goals

I had previously said I would consider this complete when some other condition was satisfied. Well, I think this is more on par with using 43T with a productivity mindset.

Both the sum of the parenthesis and the non-parenthesis should yield my total number of goals, meaning every goal has a type and an area of responsibility.

Now I can even draw upon this categorizing to aid in my proper GTD setup in rmilk.com

I’m in the very fun process of implementing my GTD system. Rememberthemilk.com is my main pillar for getting things done.
Once I finish setting up projects and goals there, I’ll start linking them to 43T.

When I get THAT done, I’ll consider this goal fullfilled, even though I’ve been pretty much using it with a GTD oriantation already.

I’ve read a lot of articles about different self-development and organization techniques. They all have one common property – if you don’t have a set of clearly defined goals, you cannot control your life.
So, i haven’t decided yet which technique is better for me (right now i’m trying to practice GTD), but it’s seems like building list of goals is a good idea. And 43Things seems like a convinient application to do that.

I’m still dealing with the idea of having a public todo list and how it benfits me or anyone else. I see how a goal (a thing) equates to a project and how I can use these entries for next actions. I just haven’t figured out how going public helps except for actions which are really decisions where other people’s opinions and experiences might help. Unfortunately, most of my actions are a matter of getting around to it.

Most definitely.

This seems a good engine for the “someday/maybe” list.

I don’t know that I’d use it for real project management, but it’s good to put long-term goals up where you can see them.

I can see it can be used for a combination of someday/maybe and actual long term life goals. Also it good for getting some ideas.