Fwiw, I experimented at some length with Importance & Urgency but never got it to work well, mainly because priorities are relative and tend to change a fair bit in the (my) real world.
I am starting to use contexts more, however "no context" is my default (in effect "at computer") context and this works for me fairly well for now. On 8 October 2015 at 15:51, pottster <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm, if it works for you that's great. Just be careful you aren't just > getting very good at the digital equivalent of shuffling paper. It's worth > remembering that GTD was borne essentially by the analogue world and the > workflow in the book was a paper flow. A guiding principle was to touch > each piece of paper as few times as possible and for as briefly as > possible. If you are continually moving tasks in an outline, changing > attributes, changing format, (none of it moving you closer to done), then > you might want to look at how you could organize differently. A neatly > ordered desk isn't as welcome as a clear desk! > > On Thursday, 8 October 2015 11:36:51 UTC+1, J Smith wrote: >> >> Yes I live in my Outline view! (Mostly in All Task, Active). >> >> I also use the folders to house different GTD lists (e.g. Maybe Do, >> Definitely Do) plus other stuff for review later (e.g. Reflective Thoughts, >> New Ideas, GTD Theory...) ... all of which I hide from Active view and so >> can only see through my All Tasks view. >> >> Fwiw, I then use the sort order in my All Tasks Active view to establish >> core (relative) priority and then use markups with *bold* and/or >> hightlight to establish short time priority and finally at the start of >> every day I use Stars to establish what I'm gonna work on today. >> >> I have also just started using Bookmarks go get to the folder I want fast. >> >> It's pretty basic but it works for now! >> I was wasting FAR too much time messing with the system >> >> >> > You might be better off with Ctrl+x and Ctrl+v - this adds to top of >> folder list. >> >> Thanks! Yes not bad. The keyboard sequence is >> - Control/X >> - DownArrow >> - Control/V >> - Enter >> >> It does work. However it's a bit fiddly - 4 keyboard interactions just to >> go down one row! >> >> Any other suggestions? >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thursday, 8 October 2015 10:27:24 UTC+1, pottster wrote: >> >>> You might be better off with Ctrl+x and Ctrl+v - this adds to top of >>> folder list. >>> >>> From this, and some of your other posts, I suspect that you might be >>> spending too much time "playing" with your outline. I would recommend >>> keeping your outline structure as flat and as unchanging as possible and >>> use views and your tags of choice (contexts, stars, flags) to achieve what >>> you want. Everyone is different of course but I do feel that the Outline is >>> best used for planning, setting goals and review - a bit like the contents >>> section of a book. I spent a fair amount of time getting my Outline right a >>> couple of years ago but haven't changed it significantly for a long while. >>> Don't get too hung up on the sequence of the tasks either, very few tasks >>> need to be done (or can be done) in sequence - I say that as an experienced >>> Project Manager. Life doesn't happen in A-Z, if only! >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mylifeorganized/jSEAodLYZY4/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/f6c286a1-fc1e-4662-9e4d-885639014794%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/f6c286a1-fc1e-4662-9e4d-885639014794%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CA%2BrSdypdT2WXKPw5DKsujywM15YBMCbjPS_VSRqGu4LY9daTjA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
