OK, been using MLO for a week now and getting a handle on how to use it as a tool that is better than what I had, but still not really differentiating it to its potential.
One of the things that is intriguing about MLO is the next action view. I've read most, if not all the posts on here about next actions, but still unsure on how it works. Currently, I only have two things left on my list for today. Both are recurring tasks, one weekly, one daily. They both have time based contexts. Task A has a context with open hours of from 6pm-9pm. Task B has hours of 3pm to 6pm. Task B is more important but less urgent. They both show start and due dates of today. Task B has an effort, Task A does not. In the Outline View, both tasks are subtasks under the same folder, but Complete Subtasks in Order is not checked. The Folder is not a project. My Next Action view was simply a copy of All Tasks with Next Actions, Hierarchy No and Completed No under the General Filter. Here's the thing: Only Task A shows on the Next Actions list. Is this because, even though it's not a project, only one subtask under the same folder can be next? I used folders for areas of responsibility and a visual way to organize my tasks. Even if that is true, it seems that if only one task would show, it would be Task B. It is in an earlier Open Time context and is more important. I slid both importance and urgency of Task A to 0 and it still is the only one showing. If I manually move Task B up in the folder, then it becomes the next action. Is it that, everything else being equal, it uses the order listed? That seems to go against everything else I have read here. The order listed is just an arbitrary order based on when I thought to type it in. Any guidance 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/2cf209dd-eb49-47a3-a93d-112b1853ecb4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
