{"id":5313,"date":"2011-09-14T11:30:40","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T18:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/2011\/09\/14\/"},"modified":"2014-02-03T14:30:10","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T22:30:10","slug":"how-to-handle-reading-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2011\/09\/how-to-handle-reading-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"How to handle reading materials"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Question:<\/strong> How do you handle reading material? I have magazine articles, web articles, books, newsletter special articles, blog interesting articles, etc.\u00a0 Do you input them into “context” just like any other task?<\/p>\n

Senior Coach Kelly Forrister:<\/strong> I consider reading materials fall into two categories: nice to read and must read. Nice to read is like a newsstand. I can read it or not. Those are not tracked on any lists. they are organized into a plastic folder called “Read\/Review”.\u00a0 For must read items, those are tracked on my Next Action lists, just like any other action I am committed to complete. Those are organized based on where the reading takes place (@Office, @Home, @Anywhere or @Computer). The reading is typically stored in a project folder if it’s related to a project, an @Action email or hard copy folder, or I simply paste the URL if it’s a website into the note field of the next action in my list manager.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Question: How do you handle reading material? I have magazine articles, web articles, books, newsletter special articles, blog interesting articles, etc.\u00a0 Do you input them into “context” just like any other task? Senior Coach Kelly Forrister: I consider reading materials fall into two categories: nice to read and must read. Nice to read is like … <\/p>\n

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