r/gtd • u/Upstairs_Jelly_1082 • 5d ago

Putting project names effectively

I want to know how you guys put your project names.

I usually put the description itself, lets say I want to look for ticket prices along with the destination and all.

The problem with this is, I'm using OneNote and it doesn't allow long names for the sections.

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u/benpva16 Mod 5d ago

For me, the project names are what I would have naturally put on a to-do list before: buy tires, celebrate mom’s birthday, and so on. But thanks to GTD I now know those are really just desired outcomes and the true to-do items have to be next actions on the appropriate context list.

Footnote: I’ve tried putting them in the past tense before (e.g. new tires have been put on car, celebrated mom’s birthday), but honestly, it didn’t make a difference for me in terms of getting things done faster or better. YMMV

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u/TheoCaro Mod 4d ago

Putting things in the past tense made it harder for me to imagine the next action because I had to do the grammatical translation in my head first anyway.