Interesting. Once I get all my tasks, entered, I may have to give this some more thought. Just having the structure of folders/tasks has helped a lot. In my current PIM, the top level is projects, and, even though it's just a name, it limits how I think about using it.
On Monday, June 11, 2018 at 1:00:55 PM UTC-4, Stéph wrote: > > Hello Darryl, > > Here are a couple of thoughts: > > I have the top few levels of my outline structured something like this: > > >Area of Life (Personal, Home/Family, Work and Community) > >> Role (Home DIY, Father, Friends, Electrical Engineer, Functional Safety > Specialist... etc) > >>> Goal or Project > >>>>Sub-Project > >>>>>Tasks > > That way, I can align my projects with my goals and my goals with my > roles. Depending on whether I'm at work or it's home time, I can be looking > in the overall branch for the relevant area of my life. > > My Roles (the second level in my hierarchy) are all formatted as folders. > This gives me an advantage for setting up filtered views. "TopLevelParent" > filters will match with my Area of Life, while "TopLevelFolder" will try to > match with my Roles. > > Under a project, my first item is often a folder, for storing reference > notes or a list of project contacts, job codes, etc. > > All my projects and sub-projects are formatted as "Project". > > Anyway, that's how I've got my outline set up. There may well be as many > different set-ups as there are people in the forum. > > Stéphane > > > On Monday, 11 June 2018 07:25:44 UTC+1, Darryl Brooks 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/e1382b39-8558-405a-a085-d3816c58bc6d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
