In GTD terms, they are not still projects (which need to be finite and time bound), but we can then get into the ability of Todoist to create nested projects – which will let us create actual sub-categories under these and also projects. Projects: I do a few things to keep things simple and organized. In a later post, I am going to try and figure out a way to get this to work without the Labels functionality and see if it still holds up. Right now I am trialing the Premium version (which you will be able to as well – if you complete the 6 things on the list after you sign up for Todoist).

In my opinion, only Labels is a critical aspect of the GTD framework I am outlining below. Some of the features called out in this post are available ONLY in the Premium version of Todoist – specifically the following: Important Caveat: One important note about this post – it presumes the use of Todoist Premium. I use Day One Classic (on my iOS devices) and Life Journal (on my Windows PC) to help me with this. This leads to clarity of mind, and a capture of actions that would otherwise slip through the cracks. I use it as a mechanism to reflect on the day and to think about what I need to achieve. One of the things that I do, and recommend, is to also maintain a journal to complement / augment your productivity workflow. In general, my approach is to try and keep it simple enough where the framework itself is not a burden – but something that I can evolve as I go. So – here’s how I would go about doing this. While I have implemented a Getting Things Done (GTD) framework using the Secret Weapon methodology for Evernote, I have not hitherto tried to do the same with Todoist. I am a fairly new user of Todoist (web site) – a task management tool that is available across many platforms (one of the reasons I started using it). It was prompted by an interest to setup a GTD workflow using Todoist. This is a follow up blog post to my previous post: Evernote and Todoist: REALLY Getting Things Done.

Gtd todoist setup guide