I've noticed some are puzzled why tasks can be grouped different ways that might seem redundant. Folders, subtasks, or contexts. Here is the simple difference I see:
Folders are for organizing when you are creating tasks. That helps you work on editing just the ones for family, work, etc. Contexts are for seeing your tasks when you are out looking for what to complete next. So finding all @store will tell you what to get when shopping because you are shopping at the moment. Subtasks are the simplest form of projects even when you don't distinguish it as a project. Ideally it means you knew you need to *fix dinner* but now that you have said that you can see that it's too abstract so you need to specify the steps. Subtasks in that could be - heat peas 20 minutes - pizza in oven 12 minutes - set table - place drinks When you look in the flat ToDo list that is for completing tasks not editing them. There's just items in the order you can do them so it lists subtasks first before it shows you "fix dinner" that you can check off because it's all done. On Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at 8:08:54 AM UTC-6, Huw Evans wrote: > > Here's how I've been using MLO and GTD: > Contexts: I use this for three things. Firstly, the usual @context for the > location that makes sense, eg. @home @work. Then a two letter code if the > task relates to one of my team members, eg. HE or JF. Then a +number for > estimated time, I use these: +15 min, +30 min, +1 hr, +2 hr. > Flags: Again you can define these, there are seven you can set up. I use > this to highlight what I'd like to achieve This Week, Next Week or Today. > -- 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/eab44279-04d1-4b3f-9602-dbac1a49ef47%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
