The highlighted phrases are David Allen terminology. Thus, using Evernote and Asana, you can setup the entire outer ring of workflow management with clean edges I use Asana to track all my next actions, the Waiting For's, the Someday Maybe's, Tickler files list of Projectsand Calendared entries. I use Evernote as a reference filing system, which is also where I store my project plans. I use a separate task manager, and I recommend you do the same. Then in the body of the note, write 'call bob' as the next action, and tag it as This means that you will need to retag a note every time you complete an action.

So if you had a project 'clean the garage' with an action 'call bob', you would create a note for 'clean the garage'. One way to make the system have each note represent a project rather than an action is to have the context tag only refer to the project's next action. I'll update this list further, as I'm very interested in the topic as well. ruudhein: Relies heavily on saved searches.

bluecockatoo: Recommends the tag, and one for each project, including sub tags for larger projects.

Darren Crawford: Recommends 3 notebooks: Inbox, Next Actions, Reference.

As far as how you organize your system, many people recommend different ways of doing this: That's the basic principle that all systems will share. This, in turn, requires that each individual action is a separate note. The easiest way would be to create tags for your contexts (e.g.

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