For me, trying different groupings has been useful also. This seems to have opened up my usage MLO on the Desktop for me...especially when using the "Show item count in groups" option. This is a great way of getting a summary of how much stuff is committed. I just have to avoid creating too many views. I think this is key.
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.
