Having paid for LifeBalance 3 or 4 -no maybe 5 year ago (it hasn't changed since), and having tried to make it work for me x-different ways, I can attest the balance feature of LifeBalance is overrated, ultimately useless for someone who needs to prioritize first, and only second gain balance in areas of hobbies and other low priority 'tasks'.
But I know this gets philosophical. Still, acknowledging the value balance, the aim to "Do some of everything once in a while / do the rounds in the different areas of my life/job" can be implemented simply and with much more control - more accurate control, more tangible control, more definable control- by using reoccuring tasks combined with other MLO features. (See the Fly Lady's Control Journal template for some examples.) As for "Do some of everything in rotation so that I achieve weighted balance X" -also known as the "oh no, my pie-charts don't match" prioritization method, well, that's a nice idea that ends up being silly in actual practice. It takes a huge amount of micro-management to determine the value/contribution of each task -only to end up with statistics that are very vague and most likely incorrect. Getting things done (not the methodology, actually getting thinsg done) is tangible, has concrete benefits. Getting things done in all areas of your life is tangible, has concrete benefits. Being "balanced" in your life makes sense. But applying that principal at the task level does not. And it totally screws up working by prioritization. That said, some argue that prioritization is also a lost cause, that we're fooling ourselves. On Jun 8, 12:32 pm, scoobie <[email protected]> wrote: > One of the big differences between MLO and Life balance is the graphs, > pie charts feature in LB. > Its been much requested (by me) for MLO. > The best response I've seen is MLO will get statistics at some point > in the future. > > On 8 June, 14:50, Dirk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > Currently looking at GTD tools, but as this is a new area for me, I > > have two questions and hope someone can assist: > > > 1/ Does anyone have insight whether LifeBalance features can be fully > > handled in MLO, and whether the same effective and efficient screens > > approach can be achieved through or is planned for future inclusion > > into MLO? > > > 2/ Re alternatives, anybody knows of a published shortlist of the best > > or most competitive package out of the + 100 GTD apps? > > > Many thanks in advance! > > > Dirk- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
