Ha ha... I hope he got his solutions by now. On 24 Mar 2017 3:22 a.m., "Dwight" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was going to offer a solution involving starred tasks, some of them > repeating. But then I noticed that the OP was going on ten years old. > > -Dwight > > On 3/23/2017 11:55 AM, Ed Wallace wrote: > >> I don't have a solution but boy I get it >> >> On Monday, December 10, 2007 at 9:12:21 AM UTC-5, Jay Levitt wrote: >> >> On days when my ADD gets really bad (like any day ending in Y), I >> start >> having to make hyper-detailed lists to get anything done, or else even >> the "obvious" things end up taking too much brain power. So if my MLO >> task list is something like: >> >> 1. Fix Outlook address book >> 2. Research voice recorders >> 3. Call Jim >> >> I may end up with a "quick list" that's a lot more like: >> >> 1. Shower >> 2. Take out trash on way to Starbucks >> 3. Give cat his insulin shot >> 4. Yogurt @ Starbucks >> 5. Researh voice recorders while eating >> 6a. replace toothbrush head >> 6b. brush teeth >> 7. wipe counter >> 8. Fix outlook address book >> 9. Call Jim (if after 9am) >> >> It seems ridiculous, but sometimes it's the only thing that works; >> otherwise, I end up like the monkey who can't let go of the coconut >> because he's hungry, but can't get his hand out of the trap because >> he's >> holding a coconut... I swear, last week I stood halfway between the >> dishwasher and the trash can with a fork and a paper cup, and I >> couldn't >> figure out which to put away first because they were equidistant and >> they both needed two hands. >> >> The trouble is that I haven't found a way to do these quickie lists in >> MLO that feels natural; I certainly don't want to enter, categorize >> and >> prioritize tooth-brushing every day. So I end up opening a Notepad >> window. And that, of course, is the kiss of death, because then I've >> got two to-do lists - and guess where new entries start collecting. >> >> Any thoughts? >> >> Jay >> >> -- >> 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] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[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/6a5c3df7- >> c6ca-416e-87a6-49ef189b5fb3%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/6a5c3df7- >> c6ca-416e-87a6-49ef189b5fb3%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 https://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms > gid/mylifeorganized/1008b4b0-b95c-5dae-1259-66d0ced67826%40dwightarthur.us > . > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/CAMMFJ%2BfZJv_9_MGcPTG6mwnzzh9bOh%2BSVc1GUMrA4M75AMKsLg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
