# Open Loops Trigger List

> Source: https://ollybritton.com/notes/books/getting-things-done/open-loops-triggers-list/ · Updated: 2025-09-30 · Tags: notes, org, gtd

Taken from: <https://hackmake.org/reference/gtd-trigger-list>

## Personal
- Projects started, not completed
- Projects that need to be started
- Commitments/promises to others
	- Spouse
	- Children
	- Family
	- Friends
	- Professionals
	- Borrowed items
- Projects: other organizations
	- Service
	- Civic
	- Volunteer
- Communications to make/get
	- Family
	- Friends
	- Professional
	- Initiate or respond to:
	- Phone calls
	- Letters
	- Cards
- Upcoming events
	- Special occasions
	- Birthdays
	- Anniversaries
	- Weddings
	- Graduations
	- Holidays
	- Travel
	- Weekend trips
	- Vacations
	- Social events
	- Cultural events
	- Sporting events
- R&D—things to do
	- Places to go
	- People to meet/invite
	- Local attractions
- Administration
	- Financial
	- Bills
	- Banks
	- Investments
	- Loans
	- Taxes
	- Insurance
	- Legal affairs
	- Filing
- Waiting for…
	- Mail order
	- Repair
	- Reimbursements
	- Loaned items
	- Medical data
	- RSVPs
- Home/household
	- Landlords
	- Property ownership
	- Legal
	- Real estate
	- Zoning
	- Taxes
	- Builders/contractors
	- Heating/air-conditioning
	- Plumbing
	- Electricity
	- Roofing
	- Landscape
	- Driveway
	- Walls/floors/ceilings
	- Decoration
	- Furniture
	- Utilities
	- Appliances
	- Lightbulbs/wiring
	- Kitchen things
	- Washer/dryer/vacuum
	- Areas to organize/clean
	- TV
	- VCR/DVD
	- Music/CDs/tapes
	- Cameras/film
	- Phones
	- Answering machine
	- Sports equipment
	- Closets/clothes
	- Garage/storage
	- Vehicle repair/maintenance
	- Tools
	- Luggage
	- Pets
- Computers
	- Software
	- Hardware
	- Connections
	- CD-ROM
	- E-mail/Internet
- Health care
	- Doctors
	- Dentists
	- Specialists
- Hobbies
        - Books/records/tapes/disks
- Errands
	- Hardware store
	- Drugstore
	- Market
	- Bank
	- Cleaner
	- Stationer
- Community
	- Neighborhood
	- Schools
	- Local government
- Civic issues

## Profesional
- Projects started, not completed
- Projects that need to be started
- Commitments/promises to others
	- Boss/partners
	- Colleagues
	- Subordinates
	- Other people in organization
	- “Outside” people
	- Customers
	- Other organizations
	Professionals
- Communications to make/get
	- Internal/External
	- Initiate or respond to:
		- Phone calls
		- Voice-mail
		- E-mail
		- Pages
		- Faxes
		- Letters
		- Memos
- Other writing to finish/submit
	- Reports
	- Evaluations/reviews
	- Proposals
	- Articles
	- Promotional materials
	- Manuals/instructions
	- Rewrites and edits
- Meetings that need to be set/requested
- Who needs to know about what decisions?
- Significant read/review
- Financial
	- Cash flow
	- Statistics
	- Budgets
	- Forecasts/projections
	- P&Ls
	- Balance sheet
	- Credit line
- Planning/organizing
	- Formal planning (goals, targets, objectives)
	- Current projects (next stages)
	- Upcoming projects
	- Business/marketing plans
	- Organizational initiatives
	- Upcoming events
	- Meetings
	- Presentations
	- Organizational structuring
	- Changes in facilities
	- Installation of new systems/equipment
	- Travel
- Banks
	- Receivables
	- Payables
	- Petty cash
- Administration
	- Legal issues
	- Insurance
	- Personnel
	- Policies/procedures
- Customers
	- Internal
	- External
- Marketing
- Promotion
- Sales
	- Customer service
- Systems
	- Phones
	- Computers
	- Office equipment
	- Other equipment
	- Utilities
	- Filing
	- Storage
	- Inventories
	- Supplies
- Office/site
	- Office organization
	- Furniture
	- Decorations
- Waiting for…
	- Information
	- Delegated tasks/projects
	- Completions critical to projects
	- Replies to:
		- Letters
		- Memos
		- Calls
		- Proposals
		- Requistions
		- Reimbursements
		- Petty cash
		- Insurance
		- Ordered items
		- Items being repaired
		- Tickets
		- Decisions of others
- Professional development
	- Training/seminars
	- Things to learn
	- Things to look up
	- Skills to practice/learn especially re:computers
	- Tape/video training
	- Resumes
- Outside education
- Research—need to find out about…
- Professional wardrobe

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