Hi Andrei
Interesting - thanks
Quick question:
How are you using the term "Effort" in this context? Is it:
- The total amount of mental energy to complete a task (or project)?
- A simple reflection the amount of psychological resistance you have
towards completing the task (or project)? (i.e. In effect a measure of "how
much i dont want to do this task" ? !)
- To what extent does it reflect:
- the time required and/or
- the number of steps and/or
- sum of money that will be required to complete the task (or
project)?
Many thanks
J
On Tuesday, December 9, 2014 7:24:25 AM UTC, Andrei Bacean wrote:
>
> Hi John
>
> Here is an example of my outline
> *On the first image is the outline example
> *On the second image - example of an Area of Focus
> *On the third image - example of my TODO list:
> (the tasks are grouped by EFFORT. and sorted by STAR + COMPUTED SCORE
> the tasks which MUST to be done ASAP i place into the HIGHEST URGENCY
> FOLDER
> If some task are also very important i increase its EFFORT.
> SOME FOLDERS in my outline have an INCREASED EFFORT too.
> When a task is placed in such a folder, it will be shown at the top of my
> TO DO list.
> FOLDERS WITH CUSTOM EFFORT but without TASKS are hidden from the view.)
>
> I will be very busy next 2 weeks, and may reply with big delay
>
> Best regards
> Andrei
>
> четверг, 4 декабря 2014 г., 15:42:42 UTC+2 пользователь John Smith написал:
>>
>> Andrei
>>
>> OK got it. They are just folders but you have changed used automatic
>> formatting rules to change the icon depending on something quite clever...
>> like whether the folder name has an @ in it. AND whether it has any entries
>> in it.
>>
>> Clever stuff. Can you tell use something about your work flow?
>>
>> e.g. Do all "things you need" to do start life as tasks which you put
>> into one of those folders?
>> And only later get turned into Projects... and if and when this happens
>> only then do you move them into one of your "Projects & Actions" folders
>> below... Something like that?
>>
>> Thanx
>>
>> J
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, December 4, 2014 7:14:16 AM UTC, Andrei Bacean wrote:
>>>
>>> My friend
>>>
>>> IMHO, you ask to many questions in one thread :)
>>>
>>> I will reply to the question about the icons.
>>> See attached image. The answer is there.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>> среда, 3 декабря 2014 г., 23:39:16 UTC+2 пользователь John Smith написал:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Andrei
>>>>
>>>> I have now had a very good look at MLO and I can not for the life of me
>>>> work out how you generated that image(!).
>>>>
>>>> Is that done through the standard "All tasks" view? What are those
>>>> icons that look like baskets and why are two of them red? I am using
>>>> Windows 7 (x64) and I can not find anything similar in any view that I
>>>> have
>>>> been able to create in any of my views.
>>>>
>>>> I don't think I understand what you mean by "TREE". Is it the structure
>>>> of Folders that I would see for example in the standard "All tasks" view?
>>>> My problem is that if I build a Tree structure using directories to
>>>> reflect the GTD Areas of Focus, then it seems to me that this will
>>>> interfere with using 'drag and drop' to manually change the sort order in
>>>> on order to put the more important stuff at the top of the page.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yv0pRQ4OrfE/VH9772QXQHI/AAAAAAAAAME/jCGeH6--XDg/s1600/delme_MLO_01.gif>
>>>>
>>>> But looking more closely at your screenshot, you have got one row to
>>>> appear for each of your (what I assume to be) Context tags. How did you
>>>> create that? Is each row something you created manually or is it some
>>>> clever View that I have not found yet?
>>>>
>>>> I have also spent quite a lot of time reading and trying to understand
>>>> David Allens GTD method. And I am still not clear what the best way would
>>>> be to implement things to allow me to quickly filter my view to just focus
>>>> on any one of the Contexts. (e.g. Should I set up an entire View and/or
>>>> tab/Workspace for each Context?)
>>>>
>>>> Likewise in GTD you have "Someday-Maybe" and "Delegation/Waiting-For"
>>>> lists. Is the best way to do this to manually move each task/project into
>>>> a
>>>> specially named folder at (say) the bottom of my screen (called something
>>>> like "Someday-Maybe") and to make sure that the folder has "hide branch in
>>>> To-Do" ticked, so as to stop it from appearing in the "To-do" views? Are
>>>> there any other options?
>>>> Because moving things is a slightly painful thing to do. And yes, even
>>>> if you use F3 to help you - it's certainly a lot more than just a few
>>>> keystrokes. Is there no other/faster way to get something out of the way
>>>> and stop appearing on the To-do lists?
>>>>
>>>> And what about using Context tags? For example I see you have
>>>> something called @WaitingFor. Is that a folder with that name or a Context
>>>> tag? Is it both? If both why do you bother having the Context tag at
>>>> all...
>>>> given that moving the item into that folder would presumably stop the item
>>>> from appearing on the To-do list?
>>>>
>>>> Also I notice you have folders called "Work Actions" and "Home Actions"
>>>> and then another pair of folders called "Work Projects and Actions" and
>>>> "Home Projects and Actions". Where then do you actually keep your GTD
>>>> Projects? I mean are you physically separating an Actions from the Project
>>>> that it belongs to. Or do you keep Actions that have no project associated
>>>> with them in a completely different place from Actions that are part of
>>>> Projects. If so what is the benefit of doing this? And either way roughly
>>>> how many of each one do you have at any one time... and if that's a fairly
>>>> large number (e.g. over say 10) how do you decide which to next?
>>>>
>>>> With thanks
>>>>
>>>> J
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 9:35:11 AM UTC, Andrei Bacean wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi John
>>>>>
>>>>> The hardest thing, imho, is to create a simple, easy to understand,
>>>>> TREE. Yes, I say TREE.
>>>>> The TREE is the base of your GTD system. But views, tabs, contexts are
>>>>> instruments which u use to obtain more benefits from the tree.
>>>>> The TREE has to be simple, intuitive and easy to view. You dont have
>>>>> to feel any discomfort when you look at it.
>>>>> If instead you think that the tree is complicated then you may STOP at
>>>>> this moment, don't play with views, tabs and so on. GO BACK to the tree
>>>>> and
>>>>> try to simplify it, reorganize it. If you think that you achieved what
>>>>> you
>>>>> want, and the tree is perfect, then leave it for 1 day. Look at it again
>>>>> the next day in the morning, then in the afternoon and also in the
>>>>> evening.
>>>>> Do you think it's also perfect as before??
>>>>> If yes, then slowly, step by step play with Tabs, Views, Contexts but
>>>>> remember to not make significant changes to the tree in a hurry.
>>>>> To create a system that works for you is a hard thing. That's why
>>>>> don't hurry, but step by step try to improve your tree, and when you
>>>>> think
>>>>> that it's perfect, only then, play with views and tabs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ps
>>>>> The Tree may be customized using different fonts for top parrent,
>>>>> using diffenent colors for urgent tasks, using icons instead of classic
>>>>> folders example
>>>>>
>>>>> http://kraevoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/autoformat_2014_06_26_08.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> use CAPITALIZATION for top folders instead of normal text and so on...
>>>>> But at the base of any tree is the information and not the formatting.
>>>>> So, try to search in this group for examples of use, to see more
>>>>> examples of trees. Also play with templates offered by MLO
>>>>> Application(menu
>>>>> file/new and then choose a template). Browse also the mlo blog, Andrei
>>>>> (the
>>>>> developer) posted a topic about his MLO tree. Read also more carefully
>>>>> the
>>>>> MLO help file (press F1).
>>>>> I wish you to not hurry but to build your perfect system step by step.
>>>>> Good luck
>>>>> Andrei B
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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