Thanks :-) So as an example, how do you use it to work for you? On Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 9:52:10 AM UTC+11, Francesco Consoli wrote: > > When you choose to stick to MLO, you choose to act as a power GTD user. > After one year of usage, i'm at 80% productivity level thanks to MLO. I am > tweaking it to reach that 20% more. MLO is very open minded. You choose > your tabs, you choose your rules. Always around GTD. > Of course you can use it as basic too. > Suggestion: Try to use Next Review rule. That is my main rule and my GTD > runs around it. > > Francesco Consoli > > > > ------ Messaggio originale ------ > Da: "damoski" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > A: "MyLifeOrganized" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Inviato: 23/03/2016 23:29:47 > Oggetto: [MLO] STILL can't get MLO to work for me > > > 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] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > 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?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >
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