I think a lot of MLO is originally drawn from GTD. In GTD you want things at the action level...and as Daniel says, grouped by Context where context is however you want to efficiently group your tasks. If "Call the bank" means report my card stolen AND call about applying for a loan it's really not the same next action, at least with the way my brain works. The phone numbers usually are different, the time of day the action could be completed are different. You don't want to hold up "report my card stolen" while waiting for a time your spouse can tell you what times you could meet with a loan officer. It would be easier to create "Call the bank about " and then hit Ctrl-D and append more info to the title/notes, Ctrl-M, and put it where you want it. Tasks are "cheap" and then you get the satisfaction of completing two next actions too :)
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:04 PM, daniel sekera <[email protected]> wrote: > Whereas I would simply put the task(s) under my context @calls because > that is the task I am doing. I am making calls and as I review my @calls > list or tab I see I have to apply for a loan and report my credit card > stolen. > > I do understand your point, however I still think nothing beyond contexts > is really needed, but that is just my opinion, and I respect yours. If we > each get to do it our own way - fantastic > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 4:50 PM, robisme (Olivier R) < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> We have here a good example of the interest of having logical >> links/copies of tasks, which we have already discussed before. >> This way, we could have a task belonging to several branches of the >> outline, and for each change of one, the other one would be impacted as >> well. >> For exemple, a task "phone the bank" could belong to the project "apply >> for a loan", and the project "report the loss of my credit card". These >> projects are distinct but share a same "next action" at one moment. >> You will say "set a context for "@ phone with bank", but, come on, you'll >> end up with a very huge amount of contexts, and they are not >> collapsable/expandable. And some task can be "make identity photos", for >> such or such projet, what's the sense to have a context "photobooth". >> >> Olivier >> >> >> >> Le mardi 26 mars 2013 23:22:29 UTC+1, Dwight Arthur a écrit : >>> >>> If you want to have a task that’s aligned with multiple “areas of >>> responsibility” or “strategic objectives” it’s best to use contexts as Lisa >>> has outlined. If there’s some reason that you need to organize your work as >>> projects, and you have a task that aligns with more than one, it won’t be >>> easy as each task can have only one immediate parent. The best I can >>> suggest is to put the task in question into some other folder and then >>> declare explicit dependencies, so that the shared task does not become >>> active until its prerequisites in both project are satisfied, and when the >>> shared task completes subsequent tasks in both projects will be activated. >>> >>> -Dwight >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* mylifeo...@googlegroups.**com [mailto:mylifeo...@** >>> googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Lisa Stroyan >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 26, 2013 4:53 PM >>> *To:* mylifeo...@googlegroups.**com >>> *Subject:* Re: [MLO] Multiproject task >>> >>> >>> >>> All tasks in a project have to be subtasks. With the goal setting you >>> have a choice of week, month, year. But, you could use contexts for this >>> feature and set up a context for the project and then tasks can have >>> multiple contexts. I use a prefix in front of my contexts so that I can >>> have the meaning different types of information. For example, "@" for >>> traditional contexts, and "!" For projects. >>> >>> On Mar 26, 2013 2:43 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> >>> >>> is there a way I can assign a task to multiple projects or goals? >>> >>> >>> >>> Thank you >>> >>> >>> >>> D >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to mylifeorganiz...@**googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to mylifeo...@googlegroups.**com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>> group/mylifeorganized?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en> >>> . >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to mylifeorganiz...@**googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to mylifeo...@googlegroups.**com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>> group/mylifeorganized?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en> >>> . >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MyLifeOrganized" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > Daniel Sekera > Parts Director > MotorWorld Automotive Group > 150 MotorWorld Drive > Wilkes-Barre Pa 18702 > 570.820.6898 > 570.820.6924 (fax) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- 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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