Goals can be either "this particular week" or a running "in the next week" (or however you want to use them since it's just a property with four values with specific names). I use the latter, the running list, myself.
Starred is currently the only way to define daily goals that I've found (at least, that ports to Android), but I for one would support the addition of a Daily value for Goals, so that the Starred could mean something else. I think that would add a lot of value, particularly because the mobile apps (at least Android) support Goal in their predefined views. Because there is not a Daily goal, and because I want all of my basic MLO system to work on Android, I've taken to using three tasks as placeholders in my Starred list: ----- big rocks for today ---- ----- daily maintenance ----- ----- maybe today ------ Then since the Active Starred is a manually sorted list, I move tasks around in the morning to where I want them. (Unfortunately the order of Active Starred doesn't propagate between Desktop/Android -- it would be great if it did). So for me, recurring daily tasks just stay Starred. I then also Star from my Weekly Goals and sometimes my monthly goals, things that I should work on today, so they all show up in my Active Starred list. I also use my Active by Goal list (which doesn't have routine daily tasks in it) to look at my upcoming work. I sort Active actions first by Starred, then by Goal, and use that too. It's a hack. I don't love it as a solution, but for the moment it's working for me. Lisa On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 8:58 AM, robisme <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Your post is starting to answer one of my questions : are goals "goals for > this particular week", or "a goal I use to take care weekly" ? > If "this particular week", wouldn't it make sense to have a "goal for > Day", so one could set his job for today and thus, having them filtered in > the todo view if wanted. (I propose that because, often, a task is don > before the due-date, so due-date is not convenient for planning a day. > > what's your point ? > > > > Le jeudi 26 avril 2012 21:40:25 UTC+2, Philb a écrit : > >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/7rOtVA6JvP4J. > > 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. > -- Lisa ------------------------------ Lisa Stroyan, mailto: [email protected] <[email protected]> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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