Get Everything Done

In most of Mark's systems since DIT (and even before), the concept of a closed list was key. At first I was wondering if he had abandoned this in FV.

But then I realised what should have been obvious: each time you finish the preselection process, you have a new closed list to work from. What's more, this list constitutes also what Mark used to call a "will do" list.

I think you have hit on something, Marc. Maybe this will be the greatest strength of FV: combining the fluidity of the "one single list" with the focus of the "selected items list".

Yeah, I was struck by the same thing. I'd been using DWM2 and was really missing the closed list.

One amazing thing about FV is that it can be applied not only to a paper list, but also to an email backlog, a box of clutter, a stack of index cards ("hipster PDA") ... just grab the first item, construct the ladder of things to handle first, and then get started. In email programs, you could use the flag/star to mark the preselected items. So now you can have a psychologically motivating closed "list" of anything!

I never considered my email backlog. Thanks for that I will definitely be working on them using FV!