Comments on: Action Support Folders and Tickler Lists: 2 GTD Tools We Hardly Ever Discuss

By: Christina Strack

Christina Strack — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 17:39:08 +0000

In reply to Yvette Campagne. Agree.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:08:43 +0000

I tried the 43 folders approach but have so little paper it didn’t justify the effort and lay fallow. I like the idea of having one folder for tickler – will adopt that. As for tickler items, I use Outlook and put all tickler items in my task list (in the category “Tickler”) with a reminder.. so even if I’m not disciplined with the calendar, the reminder will pop up anyway on my phone and in my Outlook.

By: DanGTD

DanGTD — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:05:56 +0000

Recurring items that don’t really have an end, for example exercise daily, can be put into a Tickler?

By: patrix

patrix — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:53:59 +0000

@AD: as you mention ACCESS, you are probably already in a Windows environment. Should be rather easy to hack together some VBA code to read your database and generate emails accordingly

By: AD

AD — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:47:27 +0000

Does any one knows a software that can identify deadlines from a database (SQL or ACCESS) and send it to email(s) or other forms of notification?

By: Summy

Summy — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:44:00 +0000

I keep my items on my dated to do list (outlook) not a calendar that requires a specific time. I minimize the use of paper(scan it or do it electronically) and limit the amount of projects i’m actively working on at the same time (inactive projects are filed away and not in a tickler). So I only have one reference folder with 4-5 projects in them. Easy to find anything.

By: patrix

patrix — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:14:34 +0000

I usually just put stuff with hard days in the appropriate day folder, this avoids the agenda entry as well.

By: Yvette Campagne

Yvette Campagne — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:02:55 +0000

Why use only one folder? I use the 43 folders described in the GTD book so I only have one folder to process and rotate each day.