I am not trying to be pedantic but the principle of the Closed list is being somewhat lost. Operating a Closed list means once it is defined no new items are added, unless same day urgent and these get added under a line to distinguish them from the planned workload.
Order and priority/sequence are not a factor, that to an extent is one of the major points with regards to the Closed List concept. The list is self contained and the order you do things has no relevance or bearing. With a daily Closed List you aim to complete the items on the list each day - which is the whole reason order/priority are not a concern. Order/priority is only a concern if you don't plan to clear the contents of the defined Closed List. Which sort of goes against the principle of the list, that being clearing the list is your objective for today. Now overall if people want to order lists, fair enough. But for most of the system's MLO addresses order isn't a significant factor. Hence the reason it is not already part of the product - I suspect. When various systems or methods are mentioned that go against the feature being requested I sort of just see contradiction which prompts me to try and clarify things. I think perhaps it is becoming increasingly more important to separate what is a 'system' related feature to what is an individual preference. If anything it will stop me weighing in on things !! So in other words GTD/DIT/AF/Covey operate in this way - we need this feature because MLO lacks something concerned with the system being addressed. Compared to 'I' operate in this way and I would like this feature. I am not saying personal preference in any way should be devalued with regards to system requests. Just a distinction be made for clarity purposes. Again these days I think any feature request could draw strength from looking beyond the initial idea. For example A1,A2 priority method would provide an ordered list and may suit Covey users, there is also Brian Tracy who talks of the virtues of A,B,C priority. The Now Habit by Dr Neil Fiore deals with focusing on 'A' priority projects. There is also a priority method with defined uses, A-Today, B-This Week, C-This Month. So although it would not be the preferred method of ordering it has virtues of appealing to perhaps a broader base, and perhaps with this type of order drag/drop would also be easier. A 'Today' goal has been requested a number of times, though to me this isn't really what most people are after I don't think. What we are talking about in this instance is an easy way to flag items for today - so to an extent it would make more sense I think to have some type of flags which then have no bearing on priority. But could be filtered on within the ToDo list. A Today goal would somehow need to link into the priority algorithm to be effective and would require a super+super boost to jump to the top of a priority ordered list, if weekly goals existed. User defined filtered flags would seem to me to be a better option as they could work in conjunction with the established priority ordering. If they were user defined you could have a Today flag, Follow-up, Pending etc. The most important thing would be the ability to create a filtered list based on a flag. All the best Steve ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: Stephen <[email protected]> To: MyLifeOrganized <[email protected]> Received: 17/03/2009 02:50:11 Subject: [MLO] Re: Prioritizing Items ToDo Today - Suggestions Wanted >> Personally I think paying too much concern to list >order limits your >available options... >Well, that's nice, but... different people have >different styles and >personalities. I'm too likely to make poor decisions if >there are a >bunch of possibilities and I have constantly review >what to do next. >I also tend to get paralyzed when I see a large list. >I'm learning I >do better with a closed list for the day. >I love the way that MLO orders tasks in a "suggested >priority", but I >only want to review that list once a week for weekly >goals and once a >day for daily goals, and move selected tasks to a >closed list. Then I >want a view where I can see only what I've decide to >work on for today >(whether that's a "must do" or a "want to do" list is >irrelevant). In >this mode, I want to be able to easily order tasks >within that view >(but probably still be able to set priorities that affect >the other >views, in case for instance I decide to remove an >item from today but >still need to do it sometime this week). >So I think a separate field makes a lot of sense, plus >a separate view >or mode where "manual ordering" takes place. I >definitely do *not* >want to have to manually set "A1" etc, that would be >so much of a pain >nobody would do it. Simple drag/drop or even >"up/down" ordering is >sufficient. A/B/C is optional, but personally I think >adding a "today >goal" like so many have suggested would be much >better. These might >be things considered "have to do today" and the >others are "try to do >today." >I don't want MLO to change to some simpler scheme, >I just want to be >able to use the auto-priority system to guide me in >making daily/ >weekly decisions. >The manual ordering isn't so much about "I have to do >these in this >order", but rather a way of prioritizing my time once >rather than >having to make that decision multiple times in the >day. >I currently use a context for personal/business today >tasks, and it >sort of works, but having more control on ordering in >that list, and >having a "today goal" would add a lot to this >scenario. >Thx, >Stephen > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.15/2004 - >Release Date: 03/16/09 07:04:00 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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