Be sure to mention this on the web site under the "I get the idea, but why bother?" section. I just saw a reference to the JD system on the Evernote subreddit, and I'm very excited to try it. I am trying to figure out my Areas and Categories now, and I think one of the values of the system is applying it everywhere. That's a great idea. Right now I have different folders on my drive, different folders in my browser bookmarks, different folders for email, etc. Unifying them all to follow the same Areas and Categories makes good sense so the brain doesn't have to ask itself "ok, where am I and what naming convention does this tool follow so I know where to find something."
Thanks for sharing your system.
(I'm the eponymous 'Johnny'.)
Yep, and the numbers tie things together across disparate systems, e.g. your file system and your to-do system.
So I have a project, `12.34 Whatever`, and it has some files in the file system. I also have an OmniFocus project named the same. And an email folder.
It's real easy to line those things up together when you want to work on that thing.
Be sure to mention this on the web site under the "I get the idea, but why bother?" section. I just saw a reference to the JD system on the Evernote subreddit, and I'm very excited to try it. I am trying to figure out my Areas and Categories now, and I think one of the values of the system is applying it everywhere. That's a great idea. Right now I have different folders on my drive, different folders in my browser bookmarks, different folders for email, etc. Unifying them all to follow the same Areas and Categories makes good sense so the brain doesn't have to ask itself "ok, where am I and what naming convention does this tool follow so I know where to find something." Thanks for sharing your system.