Just a quick reply, Brienne (welcome, by the way).
I have similar sorts of problems and make extensive use of the Rapid Task Entry to try and stay on focus. If a thought comes into my mind, I hit Ctrl+Shift+R, up pops a dialog box and I enter it and it gets added to my inbox. And yes you can assign contexts and even specify the parent (although this is not easy). I feel sure others will be along with suggestions for templates, etc. PS: Have you looked at the Pomodoro Technique. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brienne Sent: 16 July 2012 6:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MLO] Possibly a new user...feel lost LOL Hi all, I just joined this group because I am in the middle of my trial of this program and have to make a decision soon on whether I should buy it or not (as with everyone almost, budget is always tight, so we all think twice don't we? ;-) ) I feel a bit lost with all the options, though I am also intrigued by the complexity of this program. Oh and I hope it is ok that I started a new thread? I just felt it would be impolite to hi-jack someone's "New user" thread. First of all, before I start with my questions, let me tell you a bit about myself and why I am so interested in a program like MLO. I have not read any of the books mentioned in this forum. I am not (yet) familiar with all the theories and methods of to-do lists, and I must say I guess I missed something good! I suffer from ADD (yes, that attention thing ;) ) and my mind is constantly on the edge of bursting apart from ideas, do-not-forgets and what-I-always-wanted-to-do's. So I really really need a good way to sort things out and get them on paper sorted in a way that fits to my needs or, rather, thinking. I am very intrigued by the idea of having these contexts, projects and goals. That would cover a lot of the things that are on my mind; I had a bit of a hard time finding out how far automatic the program gets though: Is there a way to automatically asign contexts for instance, by typing an "@" in front of a word? Or are all these settings merely done manually through the properties dialog? I also read somewhere that projects always have to be marked done manually, is that right? Sounds a little odd to me, since I do see the percentage changing with the subtasks getting done. And lastly, I'd like to ask, in this group, is there anything like a files section where people share templates or something similar? I have often read people talking about some other user's template but I have a very hard time to find my way around these google groups. I hope this wasnt much too long for a first introduction, and please excuse my mistakes in grammar and spelling. English is my second language and my ADD does the rest to my spelling ;))) *waves hi to everyone* Brienne -- 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/-/eInlwuXgofoJ. 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.
