Stefi, another idea is to create 4 yearly ticklers for your van service. 1 for each quarter. Then just click the +year button. More work up front but then you don't get bugged every month.
Scott On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Stephanie Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Gary, > > Unfortunately, the repeating ticklers don't automatically bump their dates > up to the next due date. You have to do that yourself. The repeating > tickler will have a 'bump the date up' button (for lack of a better name for > it), which makes bumping the due date up to the next due date an easy > thing. The bump up button is a daily bumper for daily repeating ticklers, a > weekly bumper for weekly ticklers, monthly for monthly, etc. > > There actually isn't a 3-month 'bump the date up' button. What I did to > handle this schedule was set my van service tickler up as a monthly > tickler. Every time it comes due, I click the 'bump the date up a month' > button three times. The van service schedule is easy to remember, so I > don't need to keep a note about it. On other repeating ticklers, I'll > sometimes put notes about their repeating schedule in the tickler comment > area. > > It would be nice if the ticklers handled repeating due dates automatically, > and it's possible that Simon might extend them to do so at some point (I > have a vague memory of him saying something about that once). The manual > 'click the bumper button' process we have now is surprisingly usable, > though. I'm actually kind of fond of it. > > Stefi > > > > On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 2:15 AM, Gaz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hi Stefi >> >> Many thanks for the detailed response. >> >> I have one more thing to clear up and that is, you say that if it is a >> repeating tickler, you set an action and then bump the date up >> (assuming that it requires more than 2 mins to do). From what you are >> saying, it seems that you are manually setting the date for say, 3 >> months time. The MonkeyGTD software gives you the option of once off, >> weekly, monthly, annually. If I was to set weekly, can I assume that >> even if I mark the tickler as done for this week, it will >> automatically show for next week at the same time etc? rather than >> having to manually bump the date by another week?? >> >> cheers >> Gary >> >> On Dec 30, 6:57 pm, "Stephanie Smith" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi Gary, >> > >> > The way I use them is I set up the tickler and the tickler date and then >> > forget about it, as one does. >> > >> > Some ticklers are for tasks, some are reminders. Reminders don't always >> > translate directly into a task, so my ticklers don't always turn >> directly >> > into next actions. >> > >> > For the ticklers that are tasks, when the tickler comes due, I do the >> usual >> > GTD thing and decide whether it's going to take less than two minutes to >> do >> > the task or more. If it takes less than two minutes, I simply do the >> task. >> > The tickler doesn't become a next action in this case because it gets >> done >> > immediately. If it takes more than two minutes, then I do one of two >> > things: >> > >> > a) If the tickler is a once-only tickler, I convert it to an action >> (with >> > the little 'make action' button) and I continue on with it the way I do >> with >> > any next action. >> > >> > b) If the tickler is a repeating tickler, I don't turn the tickler into >> an >> > action, because I need the tickler to continue repeating. In this case, >> I >> > bump the tickler's date up to whatever the next appropriate date is, and >> I >> > create a new next action for the task that the tickler has reminded me >> > about. Then I proceed with the action the way I do with any action, and >> the >> > tickler continues as well. >> > >> > A few of real-world examples: >> > >> > I have a tickler to get my van serviced. It's a repeating tickler that >> I >> > set to come up every three months. It takes more than two minutes to >> do, so >> > I need a next action for it when it comes up. It's a repeating tickler, >> > though. If I changed the tickler itself into an action, I'd lose the >> > repeating tickler, and I don't want that. So, when the tickler comes >> due, I >> > create a new next action, name it "Get the van serviced", set its >> context, >> > and handle it in the usual way. As soon as I have the next action >> created, >> > I go back to the repeating tickler and update its tickler date to be >> three >> > months in the future. >> > >> > I also have a tickler to pick up my cleaning in about three days. It's >> a >> > one-time tickler -- that particular batch of cleaning will only ever be >> > picked up once. The tickler's task will take more than two minutes, >> > however, so I will need to create a next action for it once the tickler >> > comes due. So, when the tickler comes due, I'll click the tickler's >> 'make >> > action' button and turn the tickler into a next action. I'll give the >> next >> > action a context, and then I'll handle it the usual way. >> > >> > Finally, I have a tickler for a one-time transfer I need to make between >> two >> > online bank accounts. It's a one-time transfer, and the task will take >> 30 >> > seconds, tops. So, when the tickler comes due, I'll pop up the bank >> account >> > site, make the transfer, and then mark the tickler done. No next action >> > needed because the task will be a 'less than two minute' task. >> > >> > Does that help at all? >> > >> > Stefi >> > >> > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 12:46 AM, Gaz <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > Hi >> > >> > > Apologies, should have said that I am using Monkey GTD 3.0 alpha >> > > r103230. >> > > The reason I say "supposed to" is that I am trying to understand how >> > > to have a tickler (reminder) but also have an action as a result of >> > > that. >> > >> > > cheers >> > > Gary >> > >> > > On Dec 29, 5:25 pm, Ken Girard <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > > Which version of the various TiddlyWiki GTD systems are you using? >> > > > The most common ones are D3 & MonkeyGTD, but there are a couple of >> > > > others out there as well. >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GTD TiddlyWiki" group. 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