how do I move action to the someday category

[aquinasadmirer]

Hi,

I want to know how I could move an action to the someday category.  Is there an easy/simple way to do this?

thanks

Mark

[Andrew]

Hi Mark,

thanks for your post.

In general, within the GTD framework, only projects get marked as someday.

If it's on your to-do list, and could be done right now in a single action, it's a next action.  If it's a single action, but can't be done right now (perhaps it's waiting for something else to happen first), then it's an action.  If it's not a single action, it's a project. If it's something you may or may not wish to do some time, then it's a someday/maybe project.

I'm afraid that doesn't really answer your question, but hopefully it does help, at least a little bit.

Regards,
Andrew

[aquinasadmirer]

Hi,

It's a single action that may not really be needed anymore, so that's why I'm thinking it should go to "someday" but I guess it should just wait until "whenever"

-Mark

[marvelade]

Hi Mark,

thanks for your post.

In general, within the GTD framework, only projects get marked as someday.

If it's on your to-do list, and could be done right now in a single action, it's a next action.  If it's a single action, but can't be done right now (perhaps it's waiting for something else to happen first), then it's an action.  If it's not a single action, it's a project. If it's something you may or may not wish to do some time, then it's a someday/maybe project.

I'm afraid that doesn't really answer your question, but hopefully it does help, at least a little bit.

Regards,
Andrew

Dear Andrew,

My GTD coaches interpret this quite differently. They say (and they were trained by David Allen) that a single action can also be a someday/maybe.
They taught me like this:

ONLY the things you want to do within 7 days are "next actions".
EVERYTHING ELSE that you're *not* waiting on is a "someday/maybe"
EVERYTHING ELSE that you *are* waiting on is a "Waiting on" which gets reviewed weekly.


Would it be possible to foresee this option that it's possible to convert an action to a someday maybe and backwards? the overview of someday/maybes would need to incorporate these (orphaned) items of course.

best regards,
marvelade

[jhr]

ONLY the things you want to do within 7 days are "next actions".
EVERYTHING ELSE that you're *not* waiting on is a "someday/maybe"
EVERYTHING ELSE that you *are* waiting on is a "Waiting on" which gets reviewed weekly.

That could explain why....

Would it be possible to foresee this option that it's possible to convert an action to a someday maybe and backwards? the overview of someday/maybes would need to incorporate these (orphaned) items of course.

This already exists..

Goto options... Advanced tab..

Display all possible fields, when editing any item

-- This will show a someday checkbox when editing an item... its just a matter of taking the check out

Orphaned items show up in a specific list ... projects will show all child actions, projects, someday (actions & projects)