Field Cards for Clean Inbox Decisions
Recall the small set of inbox concepts that prevent reread and re-triage.
Core term What is the inbox for in GTD? Capture and collection, not long-term storage of half-decided work. If the inbox is holding meaning instead of raw input, it becomes a second-rate task system. What makes something a next action? A visible, specific physical move you can actually do. “Deal with budget email” is not yet a next action. “Draft revised table for finance” is. Compare Waiting-for vs. next action Mixing these two is one of the fastest ways to keep delegated work trapped in the inbox. When should an email become a calendar item? When the work is tied…
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