The sharp-eyed among you will have noticed that I have changed my own entry for the Lenten Challenge to something called Reverse AF2.
This is a long-list method, and consists of scanning the list from the beginning each time you select a new task. This is unlike Simple Scanning in which you scan the list from the task you have just done, and unlike AF2 in which you scan from the end of the list each time (which is why it’s called Reverse AF2).
The main advantages are:
1) It puts most emphasis on the beginning of the list.
2) It gives a sense of purpose as if you were pushing through the list.
The main disadvantage is that you are not continuously scanning the whole list as you would in Simple Scanning. However I’ve not yet found this to be a problem. I find I tend to be aware of what is at the end of the list because they are either new tasks which I’ve just entered or re-entered tasks which are on my mind anyway.