FV and FVP Forum > 2 things about FV
UnaV,
I think you can address this without an extra rule. Remember that each time you move to the next task on your selection, you go to the bottom dotted task. I found to start with that I was tempted to go to the next task above the one I'd just finished. I think this is the only way to get the symptoms you describe.
I think you can address this without an extra rule. Remember that each time you move to the next task on your selection, you go to the bottom dotted task. I found to start with that I was tempted to go to the next task above the one I'd just finished. I think this is the only way to get the symptoms you describe.
March 21, 2012 at 7:27 |
Will
Will
Will - that makes sense if I was dotting the new items because they needed to be done before everything else. But I was dotting them just because I wrote them down.
March 21, 2012 at 11:28 |
UnaV
UnaV
It makes sense to me. At the moment you wrote them down, you were thinking about them. In GTD's words, they were "latest and loudest". Naturally, at that moment you put a dot on them. Then, after they'd aged a bit, they weren't so loud. Is it better to err on the side of dotting (and erasing) or not dotting (and ignoring them until you make the next chain)?
March 21, 2012 at 13:57 |
Cricket
Cricket
I noticed 2 things using FV. One is that when I finish a chain, and get ready to start a new one, I sometimes use AF1 rules and pick whatever 'stands out' instead of creating a FV chain. Next time I'm at the list, I might do a FV chain. Not sure why I'm switching between the 2, or it matters, but there it is.
Today got a bit busy, so I was adding things to the bottom of the list. I looked at the list afterwards to see what the next dotted item was...and realized I'd dotted ALL the new items. I don't remember doing it, it 'just happened' when I wrote the task on the list. I ended up un-dotting everything (white-out tape is a wonderful thing) and started over creating a new chain. It was easier than trying to keep track of which were "part of the chain" dots and which were "not chain" dots.' Obviously, I need a new rule to not dot new things, just because they're new things!