Thanks. This is helpful. Still wrapping my head around a lot of it, but I am getting started. Unfortunately, I'm still in the approval process on the group so there is a long lag between writing and posting, so everything is behind a bit. Right now, I'm entering tasks almost as a flat file like my old system, while I learn all the parameters you listed, plus, workspaces, goals, folders, projects, and other things I rear here that I haven't even found yet.
I think I can make this work, and will appreciate all the help you guys can give me. On Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 5:15:33 PM UTC-4, Stéph wrote: > > Hello Darryl, > > I'd second SRhyse's suggestion to dive in and try it out. There are a > couple of things you can do to start off with, though: > > I'd keep the main, left-hand tab (Workspace) locked in an outline view > showing all your tasks - Right-click on the tab to lock it to a particular > view and adjust other settings. If you don't have a second Workspace tab > set up, try creating one and assigning one of the "to-do" list views to it. > To-do views basically show every task which matches the filter, but as a > flat list, rather than a hierarchical outline. > > The left-hand pane (made visible by typing Alt-F1) is used selecting views > well as defining your own views. It also has a button at the bottom for > bringing up the filter criteria, so you can define your own filters to > allocate to your views. With the combination of Workspaces (tabs), views > (either outline or flat to-do list views) and customised filters, you can > narrow down your list of tasks and view them according to almost any filter > and sort criteria you want. If you're used to programming and software, > then you'll find the "Advanced" group of filter criteria a powerful tool to > view whatever subset of tasks you want, whether you're looking at the big > picture (projects or goals) or you're zooming into the detail of just one > project or client. > > Depending on the system you've been using for organising your tasks (I use > a combination of Steven Covey's "7 habits" and David Allen's "GTD" method), > you'll need to start thinking about how to set up your hierarchy of > folders, projects and tasks and how to use some or all of the tasks > parameters which MLO has available. These include: > > - Categories (pre-defined by you, inherited from parent task, multiple > categories can be assigned, you can make them active only at certain times > of day) - Many people use this to organise by David Allen's categories. > - Flags (pre-defined by you, not inherited, any task can only have one > flag assigned) > - Star (on/off, for highlighting tasks) > - Start and Due dates > - Importance score (used by MLO for sorting) > - Urgency score (used by MLO of sorting) > - along with several others > > As an example - I use categories as per David Allen's system (@home, > @call, @computer, @errand, etc). I use customised flags to highlight my > roles and goals. I use star to highlight things which are important and > urgent. I don't use the importance and urgency scores (because I don't want > to get bogged down with setting parameters). > > There's a lot to learn, to develop the most effective system for you. Good > luck. > > Stéphane > > > On Friday, 8 June 2018 08:39:43 UTC+1, Darryl Brooks wrote: >> >> Hello, just downloaded the app and trying to get started. Would like to >> get up and running soon to get the most bang out of my 45 day trial. >> >> I've read through the first 4 chapters of the PDF and watched a couple of >> videos, but a bit confused. The PDF feels more like a reference than a >> tutorial, and both have the same problem. They both show views of the >> software that I don't have. The PDF shows a bunch of tabs and the video has >> two, Ouline and To-Do. The PDF even states that, "When you create new >> MyLifeOrganized file there are two default tabs are created: Outline ...and >> To-Do ... >> >> My software has one tab, My Workspace. >> >> Should I keep reading and watching and all will be made clear, or is >> there someplace with an actual, hold my hand tutorial. I've worked with >> software for 30+ years, including just about every task manager on the >> planet, so I'm not a newbie, but this software is obviously very deep and I >> don't want to get off on the wrong foot. >> >> >> Or should I just dive in? After all, I can start over with a clean file. >> >> Thanks - and I'm sure you'll be hearing more from me. >> >> >> -- 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/27fc4b71-0769-4130-913d-bdf1b4342587%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
