I go with parent task first (which I'd mark as folder if it's not something that gets completed). The reason for marking some as projects is helpful if you start wanting to think of certain parent tasks as projects and filter them or consider what percent they are done.
It is too bad about taking so long to post here, I wish there wasn't spammers that have to be weeded out constantly from old mailing lists, and I assume that's why it needs moderating. On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 12:25 AM Darryl Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > I read a thread on this that was several years old with some good info in > it. Since I am just starting out, I wanted to get this discussion going > again to see how others are utilizing these different components. > > In most, if not all, of the other task managers I have used, you had only > one of these; usually project or parent task. So you used what you had for > everything. I am hoping, if I use MLO, to start with a structure I can grow > with. I know I can change things as I go along, but I also know that I have > a tendency to build on the foundation I put in place. > > In addition to how you use these differently, I would like some > perspective on the best way to start entering tasks toward this > differentiation. Dump everything in the inbox and sort it out as I go or > build a structure of folders/projects/ task-subtasks from the start. > > I tend to have more recurring tasks than anything else, but they can all > be grouped in different ways. One thing I have always put in a project in > other systems is called Housework, which contains a long list of recurring > tasks with different periods. But since this 'project' is (unfortunately) > never complete, should it be a folder or parent task. > > All input appreciated. > > -- > 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/99cf0aca-1731-4425-aa86-598c998f3e01%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/99cf0aca-1731-4425-aa86-598c998f3e01%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- "It is not what I believe that will make-or-break; It is what I'm doing about it." --Jefferson Smith -- 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/CAA1bVFntGihuqex_s59BAadj9w%2BBs80m3%2B6OCVPozHETOk2S1Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
