I add tags to all my notes and tasks and projects. They help me identify things and find things and organize everything into a workable system.
I have action-related tags, contextual tags (for people and places, etc.), tags for each Area of Focus, e.g., Work, Personal, and reference tags. Each project has it’s own tag.
I use @ and # and other symbols or numbers to group tags together, allowing me to nest tags under top-level categories (in Evernote).
I often experiment with different tags, to see which ones I like best, which ones I use most, and which ones fall into the “it sounded good at the time” category.
Sometimes, and by sometimes I mean all the time, I find myself having too many tags. I create a new tag for something only to discover that I already had it, or something very similar. For this reason, I periodically go on a “tag cleanse” to tidy things up.
Anyway, if you’re into tags like I am, or if you do something similar with labels or notebooks or folders, I thought I’d share a few of the tags I use, or have used, because you might find something you like.
For the sake of simplicity, I won’t include reference tags and I’ll use only #hashtag symbol:
- #incubate (something to think about and come back to)
- #decide (similar to #incubate)
- #checklist (#weekly-review, for example)
- #daily, #weekly, #monthly, #yearly, and #recurringÂ
- #emergency (if I get locked out of the car, I can quickly find the number for road service)
- #needs-reply
- #remember (things I want to remember–quotes, mantras, habits)
- #r/r (read/review)
- #defer-to-do (something I plan to do later and don’t want to look at until then)Â
- #defer-to-review (something I don’t want to consider until later)
- #wip (work in progress, so I can find things I haven’t finished)
- #bm (bookmark; external or internal, ie., within the app.–links, sites, phone numbers, etc.)
- #due, #pay, #buy, #amazon
- #mit (most important task)
- #on-hold, #pending, #planned (for projects)
I also use (or have used) some of the usual gtd-type tags:
- #today or #tÂ
- #next or #n
- #soon
- #later
- #now
- #waiting
- #s/m (someday/maybe)
- #errand
- #call
- #name (people I know or work with)
- #computer, #home
- #tickler and #calendarÂ
- #do
- #doing
- #done
- #mon, #tues, #wed, etc.Â
- #jan, #feb, #mar, etc.Â
- #5-min, #15-min, etc.
- #high, #medium, #low (energy level needed for the task)
- #1, #2, #3, #A, #B, #C (priority)
So, there you go. I’ve shown you mine, how about showing me yours? Because you can never have too many tags.Â
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