Thanks, I've used Hide-in-todo when I don't want to see the steps but I hadn't thought of gathering them all in a parent task so I don't have to set it on each child separately.
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 7:31 AM, Richard C <[email protected]> wrote: > I solve this problem in a different way (that violates GTD thinking but it > works for me!). > > I like the bit of GTD that says break tasks down into small parts - it > helps me try and focus on one thing at a time when I am working on that > tasks but I like to see the top level task in my main ToDo. So I star > the main task and filter that view on the main task. > > I then create an 'Activities' task underneath this and immediately flag > this as 'Hide in ToDo view' (Alt+E). This ensures that the main task > remains in my Main ToDo view. I then have a 'Focus Task' tab for the > big task that I am currently trying to focus on which displays in Outlook > view. I zoom on the main task so that I can just see the activities that > I have created under the main task. This means that as I am working on > that task, I can quickly add new activiites that come to mind and tick > things off as I complete them. And if I decide that I need to do a later > activity now because that now makes sense, I can do so with out needing to > fiddle around with task order. > > At the end of the day, I mark the top level task done and record how much > time I spent on it during the day. If I haven't completed everything, then > I use the alternate complete option which creates a new copy of the task > and drag all the completed activities under the completed copy - so I can > see what I achieved in the day (can be satisfying or not, as the case may > be) > > As I say, its not GTD as we know it but a measure of the flexibility of > MLO that one can devise other ways of working that suit your own particular > style and needs. > > Just thought I would share that. Now back to my focus task!! > > Richard > > > On Wednesday, 21 August 2013 05:06:42 UTC+1, Lisa S wrote: > >> I've been trying to break down my tasks into "actions" ala GTD, but the >> problem I run into is that often by the time I'm reviewing them, they have >> propagated up to my "daily" list, and I have a Star on the main task but it >> doesn't get inherited to the children, and I keep thinking it will get >> lost. >> >> However, I just realized that both the Active Starred and Starred views >> automatically put the star on new tasks created within them (and continue >> to do so even if the view is modified, unless you save the view under a new >> name, at which point it is no longer a built-in view and doesn't have this >> special behavior). >> >> So, from the Starred view I can hit "Alt-Ins" to create a child task, and >> the Star will be added automatically, not through inheritance, but through >> the view itself. >> >> -- >> Lisa >> >> ------------------------------ >> Lisa Stroyan, mailto: [email protected] >> > -- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/a692eec2-b20e-4737-9dbd-bcdb3de5230d%40googlegroups.com > . > 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. 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/CAJYFk%2B2GivzoELMMcqeuJ7rx2N0bgJV0xxczt-SYo_T56y%3D7iw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
