I echo Lisa's comment re checking out the section on "Active tasks" in the Windows product help. It's a concept you will need to understand to use MLO effectively.
On Jun 10, 6:40 pm, Holmes245 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 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.
