Hi, I've been trying to figure out how to get an efficient daily process with MLO, but I'm still left with a mountain of tasks and no clear view of how much I need to do to get on top of my workload, or how I can plan my days.
It's frustrating, because MLO has so much functionality that it should be the right tool for me, but I can't ply it to my will. Right now, I have a number of projects that I want to focus on, some with due dates, and other with dates that I want to aim to complete by. When I get a new project, I may flesh it out with some tasks, and put due dates for those tasks based on when I need/expect to work on them. That's all good. I can mark it as a project, so when I view 'projects' I can clearly see all the tasks assigned to it, and that they should all have dates. I can then check a 'Due 7 next days' view (desktop), or calendar view (mobile), to see how many tasks I have from various projects on various days, and that I'm not over-extended on any one day. It's just very clunky, and burns a huge amount of time doing manual sorting and re-ordering to the point where I give up on the overall daily review process. It's compounded by the fact that it's relatively clunky to assign dates - ideally you could just drag and drop them around the days on a calendar just like you can drag and drop appointments in iOS calendar or Outlook, and then check back on the project view to see that all tasks are assigned and when the outcome is going to be. MLO does actually support good drag and drop between contexts, but not dates. I'm reconsidering my GTD process, and I'm seriously considering just using MS Outlook tasks, since they can be displayed inline at the bottom of each day, and drag/dropped between days easily - but those don't offer the Project-focused views that MLO offers, nor the same view as mobile. Another tool I quite like is XMind, which now has Gantt charts for assigning timeframes for tasks and provides a great overview of project completion, but unfortunately doesn't offer an effective 'current task' view. Mindjet *does* offer a current task view, and even syncs active tasks with Sharepoint, but costs a fortune. Anyway - I'd be interested to understand how others perform their GTD or workflow with MLO, and how that gives you a clear picture of your task list and your forecast project completion dates. Damo -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/27ed199b-8204-430c-bb3b-f94756118136%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
