Hi, I use due dates as ticklers (as decribed by GTD). I do not consider them a hard deadlines, I just want to be sure that I do not forget these 6 important or not very important tasks I want to do on Monday... When I want to emphasize that due date is really a deadline, I set due date and put equal sign (=) in title (and autoformat such tasks to be highlighted). Although it is not "fundamentalist" GTD, but rather a mix of GTD and Covey system, it suits me best - I have both daily plans/daily ticklers and context set etc.
Now, this is not very good system for emphasizing importance (which GTDers does not like but I do :). That is why I also use Goals for setting strategic and important tasks. Apart from long-term goals, I set monthly goals (not more than 7) and weekly goals (not more than 5). The biggest advantage is that you have dedicated view for Goals (Treeview/goals) where you can focus on these important tasks, prepare subtasks etc. I have autoformating set to distinguish goals among other tasks (by icon). I do not use due dates in goals, unless I want to do this task (e.g. weekly goal) on specific day during the week. (I also use stars for marking other important tasks I want to focus on these days. It is not effective to have too many goals, of course. So the rest of all important tasks I want to focus on goes "starred" and I can see them during the day in special "starred" view). It works for me best and utilizes the most important features from both GTD and Covey dayily plan/priority lists. If you want to use only strict GTD, then you can use MLO Goals for 20.000, 50.000 ft goals or how it is named in GTD... Daneb On 18 dub, 12:41, Esfirius <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > Being an adapt of the GTD system, I still don't quite get the point of > using goals in MLO. I mean, I can set the due date within a week or a > month - well, then what's the point of using the "weekly goal" or > "monthly goal" property? > Would be nice to hear some conceptual explanations :D > thanks! -- 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.
