I am not a Getting Things Done geek full out…but some of the ideas found in this book have been profoundly helpful to me.  If you are, you need to check out this info.  If you are not, it still is helpful in focusing your planning and making it more practical.

In implementing Getting Things Done, you’re wise to understand that words are powerful things. And the king of words in GTD, as in life, is the verb.

How you articulate an activity or how you choose to frame a project
within the context of your larger life and work will say a lot about
how successful you can be in turning all your “stuff” into atomic
actions that will work in support of valuable outcomes. This starts
with simple things like beginning next actions with a physical verb, but there’s actually a lot more subtlety (and potential confusion) to it.

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Put simply, there are verbs that suggest a single physical next action,
and there are verbs that suggest a desired outcome with more than one
step.

Project verbs

   
       

       

       

   

   

       

       

       

   

   

       

       

       

   

   

       

       

       

   

   

       

       

       

   

Finalize Resolve Handle
Look into Submit Maximize
Organize Design Complete
Ensure Roll out Update
Install Implement Set-up

Next-action verbs

   

       

       

       

   

   

       

       

       

   

   

       

       

       

   

   

       

       

       

   

   

       

       

       

Call Organize Review
Buy Fill out Find
Purge Look into (Web) Gather
Print Take Waiting for
Load Draft Email

Source and a must read GTD link.

http://www.43folders.com/2006/11/14/project-versus-next-action