Luc, Thanks for sharing this. I really enjoy it when people contribute these sort of posts on how they use MLO. It's really helpful for me because I always find that it starts me thinking critically of ways to improve my workflow, even after I have been using MLO for several years now. Filtering by View Goals in Outline....I need to think about that one!
Cheers, Phil It's also a reflection on the quality of MLO itself thanks to the input from the dedicated user group. On Apr 23, 3:02 pm, Luc Poitras <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > Just want to share with you my "discovery". I know a lot of you use goals, > and I read your posts about the subject. > But for my part, I never, until an hour ago, found a way to integrate this > aspect into my personal action management system. > So here it is, and you tell me if it makes sense: > - First of all, I am very GTD friendly; > - So when something needs more than one action to be completed, I check the > Project box in the mlo Properties...unless it's too easy to do; > - The problem I faced is that there was too much "In progress projects" on my > list; > - I tried before (lots of time) to just put the projects that I know I > wouldn't do this week in the "Projects suspended", but for a mysterious > reason, it wasn't working for me...wasn't fluid enough...it's like if, in my > sense, a project is active (In Progress) or not active (Not started), or > completed, and nothing else! > - So my "discovery" is that at the beginning of the week, I take a look at > all my "In progress" projects, and the ones that I know I want to be done > this week, I put them as "Goals this week"...so they become both a "In > progress project" and a "Goal this week"; > - Beside all my other views in To do, I have one now called "Liste de mes > objectifs pour cette semaine" (List of my goals for this week); > - And in this view, in the advanced filter, I have " Goal=week"; and I have > "Action filter: Available" (you can put "Action filter: Active" if you want) > - In my Group and sort, I have "Grouped by Top Project; then Grouped by > Project, then Grouped by context; PSSS! Make sure you put "Grouped by > Project" , not "Grouped by Goal" ...You will understand why when you try it! > - So, what I see in my "Liste de mes objectifs pour cette semaine" view, is > only the projects in progress (or active I would say) that I absolutely want > to work on, or finish this week...with their respective available actions > underneath. > - I am also evaluating now the possibility of always keeping the "View: > Goals" in Outline, instead of always having it on "View: All tasks"; And if I > want in Outline to work on something other than my Goals this week, I can > just switch back anytime in "View: All tasks". > > Hummm! just realised I could create a "List of my goals for this month" view > ,...meaning that here I would have available all of my "In Progress Projects\ > Goals this month" that I can't work on this week, or that are due in the next > few weeks. > > Sincerely! > Luc -- 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.
