Thanks Dwight. I'll have to consider that. I've bought David Allen's book but I haven't read it yet but I know I'm not probably using MLO as effectively as I could be so I'll definitely look into that. Thanks.
On Sunday, June 10, 2012 8:40:32 AM UTC-4, Dwight Arthur wrote: > > Hi, Holmes. The filter that Eberhard gave you is correct; I will try to > answer your question of why undated tasks would be in the to-do list. > > > > My task list before MLO worked on dates. I would have a bunch of tasks due > today. I would accomplish as many as I could. Tomorrow, I would start the > day rescheduling all of the tasks that I didn’t get to today. Sometimes > there were a lot. Some days where I was very behind and did not have a lot > of computer time, the only task I would accomplish would be the one about > rescheduling overdue tasks. > > > > From the book “Getting Things Done” by David Allen, I learned that I was > losing productivity by spending unproductive time on list management. Using > techniques from that book, I now aim to touch each task just twice, once > when I capture it and set it up in my task list, and again when I complete > it. One part of getting there is to use “due date” differently – it’s not > the date when I hope to do something. It’s the date when it becomes no > longer do-able. So, I might have an entry to see an exhibit at a local > museum. Due date will be closing day. If I find that task overdue, it means > I missed it and should delete the task. Choosing tasks to work on today > becomes based on other factors, like what environment I’m in (If I’m in my > yard, I will look at tasks with the @yard context) or what tasks have had > their prerequisites met, or which of the active tasks has highest priority > or urgency. I end up looking at “active tasks by context” a lot. It groups > together the tasks with each context and sorts them by “composite score” > which is a good but not perfect estimate of which task should go first. > Some of the tasks will have dates but most will not. > > > > *From:* [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Eberhard > *Sent:* Sunday, June 10, 2012 4:08 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [MLO] Hide undated tasks in To Do list > > > > Go to "Advanced Filtering" and set "DueDateTime" to "exists". That should > do the trick. > > On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 6:17 AM, Holmes245 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is there a way to hide tasks that don't have a due date in the To Do > list? I've have mine sorted by Due date but I also have tasks that aren't > dated in there as well. I'm not even sure why undated tasks make it into > the to do list but maybe I'm missing something. Is there a way to do that? > Anyone? Anyone? :) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/jtVkZV_ekK8J. > 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. > > > > -- > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/kOAmJ7DFk4sJ. 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.
