Coaching practices for Weekly Review Someday List
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I started a list of someday ideas months ago and now I dread opening it
- My list throws "try that recipe this month" in with "write a memoir before I die" as if they’re the same size
- I’ve got this growing pile of someday ideas I parked and never look at again, and every time I glance at it I feel a flash of guilt
- Even after I’ve gone through all my lists there’s still this faint background hum that I’m forgetting something
- My someday list has quietly become a dumping ground for stuff I’m just avoiding doing this week
Practices that may help
- Review the someday list weekly — even briefly
An unreviewed someday list is a guilt pile; a reviewed one is a planning resource.
The Someday List - Give someday items a time horizon to distinguish near and far
Not all someday items are equal — some are waiting for next month, others for retirement.
The Someday List - Review the someday/maybe list to decide what activates
Look at your someday/maybe list and decide if anything is ready to become an active project.
The GTD Weekly Review - The Someday List
A someday list (popularized in David Allen’s Getting Things Done framework and common in life-design practice) is a trusted place to park valuable ideas, projects, and desires that are not actionable now without losing them or letting them occupy mental RAM. Its value depends entirely on the reviews being regular enough that you trust the list, and honest enough that it stays current. There is limited formal research on this specific tool, but the underlying capture-and-clarify mechanism is consistent with cognitive offloading research. - Do a mind sweep to surface anything the system hasn’t captured
Before ending the review, spend 5 minutes writing down anything still bothering or nagging in your mind.
The GTD Weekly Review - Protect the someday list from contamination by current work
The someday list loses its value if it fills up with current tasks that belong in your active project system.
The Someday List - Use the someday list as a values barometer
What you keep adding to the someday list — and what you keep not doing — reveals what you actually value versus what you think you value.
The Someday List - Schedule the weekly review as a non-negotiable recurring appointment
Put the weekly review on the calendar as a fixed, protected block — and treat it as an external meeting.
The GTD Weekly Review - Do a brief weekly review and planning session
Each week, review what happened, clear the decks, and commit to next week’s MITs.
Zen To Done (ZTD), Made Practical - Review and revise the bucket list quarterly
A list reviewed only at writing is nostalgia; one reviewed quarterly is a live planning document.
The Bucket List Method
Related concerns
- David Allen Someday Maybe
A someday list (popularized in David Allen’s Getting Things Done framework and common in life-design practice) is a trusted place to park valuable ideas, projects, and desires that are not actionable now without losing them or letting them occupy mental RAM. Its value depends entirely on the reviews being regular enough that you trust the list, and honest enough that it stays current. There is limited formal research on this specific tool, but the underlying capture-and-clarify mechanism is consistent with cognitive offloading research.
- Focus List Reminder
A someday list (popularized in David Allen’s Getting Things Done framework and common in life-design practice) is a trusted place to park valuable ideas, projects, and desires that are not actionable now without losing them or letting them occupy mental RAM. Its value depends entirely on the reviews being regular enough that you trust the list, and honest enough that it stays current. There is limited formal research on this specific tool, but the underlying capture-and-clarify mechanism is consistent with cognitive offloading research.
- How To Use A Someday List
A someday list (popularized in David Allen’s Getting Things Done framework and common in life-design practice) is a trusted place to park valuable ideas, projects, and desires that are not actionable now without losing them or letting them occupy mental RAM. Its value depends entirely on the reviews being regular enough that you trust the list, and honest enough that it stays current. There is limited formal research on this specific tool, but the underlying capture-and-clarify mechanism is consistent with cognitive offloading research.
- Separate Active From Someday
The someday list loses its value if it fills up with current tasks that belong in your active project system.
Protect the someday list from contamination by current work
- Someday List Gtd
A someday list (popularized in David Allen’s Getting Things Done framework and common in life-design practice) is a trusted place to park valuable ideas, projects, and desires that are not actionable now without losing them or letting them occupy mental RAM. Its value depends entirely on the reviews being regular enough that you trust the list, and honest enough that it stays current. There is limited formal research on this specific tool, but the underlying capture-and-clarify mechanism is consistent with cognitive offloading research.
- Someday List Productivity
A someday list (popularized in David Allen’s Getting Things Done framework and common in life-design practice) is a trusted place to park valuable ideas, projects, and desires that are not actionable now without losing them or letting them occupy mental RAM. Its value depends entirely on the reviews being regular enough that you trust the list, and honest enough that it stays current. There is limited formal research on this specific tool, but the underlying capture-and-clarify mechanism is consistent with cognitive offloading research.
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