Using Bonsai with Getting Things Done: Review Filters

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Review Filters

Review filters are ones I use during my weekly review.

3.1 NA

This filter shows me a list of all projects and their next actions.

• Status: incomplete
• Limit view to Next Action item: yes, based on sibling order
• Scope: filtered parent hides branch, starting at level 2
• Categories: all except Someday, Need NA, Maybe
• Keywords: SNA
• Show items that have: none of the keywords

3.2 Need NA

This filter tells me which projects need to have a next action defined.

• Scope: Include entire branch when a parent matches a filter, starting at level 1
• Categories: Need NA

3.3 NA Not Linked

This filter allows me to see which items are not linked to the task list, and quickly link them.

• Status: Incomplete
• Link Filter: Not Linked
• Limit view to Next Action item: yes, based on Sibling Order
• Scope: filtered parent hides branch, starting at level 1
• Categories: all except Maybe and Someday

3.4 Linked

This last filter gives me an idea of what my workload is for the week.

• Status: incomplete
• Link Filter: to do link