Take the 2-minute tour ×  In a GTD system, I have (among other
things) a list of "next actions" organized by context, which are
things that I have decided I should act on at my discretion, and
a calendar, which shows things that need to happen on a
particular day.  How do I register items that are actionable now
but have a deadline by which they should be done? If I put them
in next actions, then I have no solid way of making sure they
get my attention when then deadline comes around, because next
actions are not organized by date.  If I put them in the
calendar, I will end up doing everything at the last minute, or
I'd have to sprinkle my system with "reminders" that I will go
numb to.  A typical example of such a task is answering a letter
or email on some official business or paying a bill.
share|improve this question add comment  4 Answers  I simply
schedule an email sometime in the future to remind me to do
something. I guess I would call it a tickler email. Since email
is one of my inboxes for actionab