The GTD® Virtual Study Group 017: Someday/Maybe
Nov 20, 2008
A lively discussion about making Someday/Maybe lists actually useful. Practical ways to separate active projects from loose ideas and how to organize themed lists like travel or purchases. Tips on tagging, dating and picking a tiny daily subset to move things forward. Plenty of whimsical examples showing the lists as creative incubators.
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Differentiate Someday From Maybe By Timeframe
- Distinguish Someday (likely to reactivate within months) from Maybe (fanciful or indefinite) during review to prioritize reactivation.
- Augusto mentally treats 'someday' items as those he'll act on within months and 'maybe' as uncertain buys or interests.
Keep Someday Maybe In Your System But Segmented
- Store Someday/Maybe lists in the same tool but separate them as notebooks or notes for quicker weekly skim and selective review.
- Augusto uses TotalDəw notebooks with one note per category so he can skip irrelevant notes quickly.
Star A Small Set Of Daily Priorities
- Use a temporary 'star' or tag for 3–5 priority next actions each morning so the day's list is manageable without moving items.
- Augusto stars a few tasks on heavy days so he can focus and still leave everything in place for tomorrow.
