Sorry to duplicate other's posts -- somehow I missed most of the replies as they were marked "read" by mistake.
Lisa On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 9:41 PM, Lisa Stroyan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Brienne, and welcome! > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Brienne <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> > > Yes, please start a new thread any time you have a new topic-- no problem. > >> >> 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? >> > > My brain also feels bursting a lot of the time :) If I'm at my PC I use > the Rapid Task Entry as someone else suggested. On Android I have the MLO > microphone widget that starts a voice recording and translates it to text. > > I actually don't try to figure out what context to put the task in, etc, > in that moment. I find it takes two different modes of my brain for this, > and if I let myself worry about, "where should I put this, what context, > etc" then I get distracted from whatever I was doing before and start > thinking about task management. Instead, I try to regularly empty my inbox > by (1) assigning a context, (2) assigning a goal if appropriate, (3) > deciding if I want to break it down into smaller tasks, and then (4) moving > it to the right place in my task outline tree. > > My tree has numbers in front of the sections, so when I'm ready to move I > hit "Ctrl-M, 4" and it goes to the right place. > > >> 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. >> > > Rarely is a project done just because the subtasks one has already thought > of have gotten completed. Usually there are more tasks to finish up and so > the Project task itself serves as that reminder. I often word my Projects > as actions that remind me to finalize. "Complete the kitchen > re-organization" for example. That is why, when a project's subtasks are > all completed, the Project task itself becomes Active. > > 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 ;))) >> > > Not at all! > > -- > Lisa > > ------------------------------ > Lisa Stroyan, mailto: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > -- Lisa ------------------------------ Lisa Stroyan, mailto: [email protected] <[email protected]> -- 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.
