Re-aquainting myself with the FV method, I think I basically do that. I use taskwarrior for all todo items, and I have a daily reminder called “papers”, where I process my notes taken since I last processed papers (sometimes I don’t for a few days, for instance). I turn them into tasks, often breaking them down into smaller items in this step.
I don’t go through lists the way FV prescribes, but I do nested questions to myself, which I then answer at a different time, as more information has been processed. I use notation as described at maiki-notation.
I use contexts in taskwarrior (Morning routine steps - #2 by maiki) and my main three contexts are:
- morning
- work
- notwork
After that I just break down tasks into smaller bits, and whenever it is blocked by another task I mark it as such in taskwarrior, which hides it from my view by increases the urgency of the task it “depends” on. After that I just do the top item of each of my contexts, and if I don’t feel like doing something I ask myself why, and I either do it, change it, or put it off until a reasonable time (like awaiting a reply, or busy this week). Because I ask myself why I am not doing the thing I told myself to do, I don’t lose myself in loops; I’m honest about when I’m doing something, and use my list to check-in with myself about which tasks and why.
Anyhow, the way I think of this is me having a bunch of conversations with myself. Actually, all of this is!
- I talk to myself on paper, with a temporary cache; if I lose this it is a minimal amount of disruption
- I transfer conclusions of the “paper” conversation to my personal computing platform, which is redundant and actionable, but still very private and personal
- In acting on my self-determined tasks and documenting the ephemera via talkgroup and other platforms, I broadcast my ideas into the most open and free communication system available to me, (hopefully) separating my ego from them to make them useful
- As I read and interact with people online I make notes in my papers, as new ideas and influences converge and bloom forward into the cycle
Also, sometimes I just see a question to me from years ago and have a lot to say about it.