Thanks Mike! That's beauty of MLO. There's so much there. It's like a sandbox where you can build whatever you want.
Thanks, Eddie ------------------------------- 818 338-6061 Skype: major.billion On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Michael Mroczka <[email protected] > wrote: > Eddie, I love that! It is such a different way to use MLO than what I do — > and I like seeing the difference! One of the truest things you said was > that 'realizing a mere list of tasks and projects does nothing to motivate > you'. That is what I'm coming to realize as well. Following GTD so > anal-retentively has done nothing for my productivity because all the > traction I *gain* by using the system is *lost* in setting contexts, > urgency, importance, start dates, due dates, reminders, flags, dependencies > and appropriate subtasks. I love how you use the system and may consider > adopting certain aspects of it! Your tricks to motivate yourself are also > inspiring. :) > > Please if anyone else wants to share I'd love to glean more insights from > other users as well! I can't imagine that I'm the only one that could > benefit from this discussion! > -Mike > > On Monday, April 10, 2017 at 12:30:41 PM UTC-4, Majorbillion wrote: >> >> Hi Mike: >> >> What you see below is the tip of my iceberg. What it does not include, >> which I may screen grab at some later point are dozens of checklists I use >> for projects I do with many moving pieces. >> >> [image: Inline image 1] >> >> USE AUTOMATIC FORMATTING: >> >> Notice that I use Automatic Formatting quite a bit. Automatic Formatting >> changes the appearance of your tasks based on context and other variables. >> That makes things stand out. >> >> Just everything thing I do eventually winds up in a mindmap called >> Simplemind. But the hierarchy is similar to the screen grab above. >> >> IF YOU PROCRASTINATE HERE'S WHAT WORKS FOR ME: >> >> Maybe this is a little off-topic, but it is integrated into my MLO usage. >> I have found, over the years, that it doesn't matter how fancy I get. I >> used to use roles, priorities, effort and urgency. The truth is that I >> spend more time maintaining the structure than actually getting important >> things done. >> >> Where I'm getting the most traction has been: >> >> 1) Realizing that a mere list of tasks and projects does nothing to >> motivate me to get them done. >> 2) What motivates me are things that I want in the here and now. >> >> So in MLO, I have a list of things that motivate me. >> >> So, I use MLO and Simplemind to structure my flow of work as follows: >> >> 1) Prioritize tasks and projects >> 2) Group them in bite-sized chunks >> 3) Make a list of little things that you can reward yourself with. >> >> I will take a 24 oz of vanilla flavored coffee in a thermos and take one >> big sip. I will place it on the other side of the room. Then, I will not >> take another sip until a accomplish the set of tasks. The I'll do another >> set, using perhaps some other motivation. >> >> There's a lot more to than that. But that gives you the gist. >> >> It's a big paradox. Most motivational experts tell you that the key to >> success is delayed gratification. But really, it can be used to way of >> tricking yourself into getting things done. >> >> I know this will sound stupid to a lot of people. But this is the only >> approach that consistently enables me to step away from my computer at the >> end my work day patting myself on the back. >> >> Eddie >> >> On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 8:38 AM, Michael Mroczka <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Alright, so I know some of us have private things in our MLO lists, but >>> I'm looking for this post to open up the secrecy of how you structure your >>> personal MLO. In an effort to share I've provided some pics to get an idea >>> of how I personally use it. You can always blur tasks that you want to keep >>> private with a quick online tool like this ( >>> http://www196.lunapic.com/editor/ ). >>> >>> It took me forever to figure out how I wanted to structure my Projects >>> and Folders so that they weren't a total mess. I finally stumbled across >>> this >>> amazing post <http://andrewminer.tumblr.com/omnifocus> showing how to >>> use Omnifocus effectively by setting up folders by ROLES in your life. See >>> the picture below. >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iEw6mHDA8xA/WOuhwbHklHI/AAAAAAAAAxM/zmiPbXsEsCUezB0t6Tw-ZBk_Dccg1keRQCLcB/s1600/omni.jpg> >>> >>> After I had that revelation, I modified it slightly to better fit my >>> life's priorities and ended up with this... >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yAM6I5j3ryQ/WOuiQkbMKKI/AAAAAAAAAxU/5hxL9F940A47tLpZTL4nHn0X9teQovpEACLcB/s1600/mlo.jpg> >>> This is a cool configuration I've used for the last 2 years. The best >>> thing about using this type of folder hierarchy is that if you prioritize >>> these top level folders into what is most important to you then all your >>> tasks in your default views will 'default' to this priority. So for >>> example, if I looked for tasks due in the next 7 days it would first show >>> me my '12 Week Year' tasks, then my 'Husband' tasks, then my 'Spiritual' >>> tasks, etc. That is super cool! >>> >>> With this said, however, I've seen other people use simpler structures >>> like just 2 folders Work and Personal with much success and many variations >>> apart from this. The biggest drawback I've found with using this folder >>> hierarchy is that there are many cases where a task could easily fall into >>> more than one folder and you're left with either needing to duplicate the >>> task (BAD) or only seeing it in one of the folders. For example, I may >>> personally want to work on "Improving my Python coding skills", but should >>> that go in the Hobbyist folder? Or perhaps Career Development? Or maybe >>> Education? And if I need to "Do the dishes", should that go into the >>> "Husband" folder or the "Owner" folder, or the "Misc" folder? >>> >>> >>> I also found a problem with identifying tasks that were relavant to do >>> NOW vs. seeing things that I may someday want to do. Grouping them by >>> context can work, but for me using folders seemed to work better, so in >>> each major folder I have a 2 sub-folders. I keep projects and single tasks >>> that I'm actively working on this week inside the major folder and then >>> sort tasks/projects that are not in progress into a folder called >>> "Someday/Definitely (But Not This Week)" folder and tasks that I have not >>> started or even committed myself to doing into the "Someday/Maybe" folder. >>> I then hide the 2 sub folders from the task list using the "Hide branch in >>> To-Do" option so that none of those tasks show up in my views unless I move >>> them into the active workspace in the folder. See below for a better >>> understanding. >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H4a8UL-YBHs/WOumfL74klI/AAAAAAAAAxk/eTR2XTlbAbIUewb2F9K5ycVByo9QDhl-QCLcB/s1600/mlo%2Bsubtasks.png> >>> >>> >>> Please post a picture on how organize your MLO tasks folders so we can >>> get some other ideas! Do you organize by ROLE like I do? Maybe by EFFORT? >>> Or perhaps by TIME? >>> >>> Let us know! 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