Chris Thanks - yes I am aware of the "complete subtasks in order" functionality... but that definitely isn't what I want either(!)
To recap, for most of my projects, in accordance with GTD theory, I don't want to see ALL my upcoming Actions for a project (as this is overwhelming, plus it tends to stops you maintaining momentum in several Projects at once...) And instead I want to be able to see a small, manageable number of Next Actions at once for each project. And although sometimes this "small" number will one, in practice it will often be 3 or 4 because it needs to be all the Actions that are genuinely Actionable right now. (realistically up to a limit of say 4 or 5) and because I want to be able to choose between them. To recap, one of the core premises of GTD theory is that we live in unpredictable and rapidly changing environments. And not only does the external world of projects, priorities, opportunities keep changing, but as if that wasn't enough, so do does one's personal location, mood/mode and levels of both energy & will power! ...Hence the GTD's recommended use of Context. But if MLO only shows one Next Action for each project, and if the Context of that one Next Action doesn't match my current Context, then I simply won't see the other Actions that are "good-to-go" (i.e. immediately actionable) if they do not match my current Context. For this reason if the system just shows me ONE of the say three or four Actions that I need to do on a project right now, then it may well be that I don't get to realize that now in fact would have been a GREAT time to do that Action. In fact one of those Actions that was truly actionable right now might have become urgent but because it was buried I wouldn't have seen it. OR.. if perhaps the one Action that was visible had in fact become difficult to execute for some reason... (perhaps it was just of such a large size / energy level / time requirement/ high psychological resistance that I couldn't get one to it) then , I would have lost the opportunity to maintain momentum on the project by executing a what was a much simpler Action that was "good to go" but which was hidden by the MLO Next Action view (or "complete subtasks in order" view) * * * It seems clear to me that the solution is to expect the system to deliver just one Action per Project, but to also allow the user to flag up tasks (particularly if they are high priority) that are also actionable immediately. GTDNext has this, which is a field which it called "Forced Next" (a strange term but which implies that the Action in question is FORCED onto the Next Action view even if it is not top of the list. I found that it to be intuitive and extremely useful. Is anyone with me? J P.S. Apologies for lengthy reply (but I didnt have time to write a shorter version!) On Saturday, 10 January 2015 13:06:38 UTC, Christoph wrote: > > Am 10.01.2015 um 14:02 schrieb Christoph Zwerschke: > > But MLO does not force you to use that view. You can easily duplicate > > it, rename it to "Active Actions by Project", and then change "Next > > Actions" to "Active Actions" in the section Filter -> General. > > In this view, you will see all active actions per project. In projects > where you ticked "complete subtasks in order", only the next subtask is > considered active, so you see only one task there, like in the "Next > Actions by Project" view. But in all other projects, you see all the > other active actions as well. > > -- Chris > -- 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/33e50897-7c3d-410a-9610-676184f96bfb%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
