for me, i'll just: 01. delete the tasks as it is no longer relevant.
02. add a "[ ✘cancelled ]" tag at the beginning of the task name and checked it as done. In GTD, tasks you've decided no longer relevant/decided not to do, are considered as a completed tasks. 03. Simply add a "[ ✘cancelled ]" context and keep the context hidden. Checked off the tasks. Method 2 & 3 preserved your tasks and still searchable if you want to review them. If you want to view all cancelled tasks, just use the [ ✘cancelled ] tag in the search. or filter using context. Hope this is helpful. On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 at 01:16, Adam <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, I have been using MLO off and on for many years (even during the > Windows PPC days!!!) but have only recently really decided to get very > serious and start using its more powerful features to implement a more > robust task management system. I have always felt having nested tasks > essential and no one else has come close to how well this is implemented, > but now I am digging in a bit deeper. > > I am trying to map out a number of tasks and some have dependencies. > Certain tasks must be done by a certain date or they can never be completed > but if they are never completed then their dependent tasks never need to be > completed either. For example, since it is getting near Halloween, I will > use that as an example. If I decide to get a costume this year, I have to > decide what it will be, order the parts if it is to be made, assemble the > parts to make the costume and of course wear it. In this case, each task is > dependent on the previous. However, if I don't get a costume before > Halloween, then obviously none of the other tasks are relevant. > > Here is what I would like for my use case: > 1) I would like to have a record that I didn't complete the task, like a > failed completion (sort of like an x instead of a check, but I know that is > likely way overkill for this uncommon use case) > 2) I would like to have the task become inactive so it no longer shows up > on to do lists but also is no longer visible in outline views > 3) All of the dependent tasks should also remain inactive and should also > should become hidden in most views. > > Number 1) above is a nice-to-have, but given that I doubt the feature > would get much use and the complexity it might introduce, I doubt it is > worth trying to implement. Number 2) can be accomplished possibly with a > context or text tag to filter against in all views or to set available > hours to none and then it wouldn't show up on todo lists. However, I would > still like to remove it from view easily with a toggle like how the > completed/uncompleted tasks can be done. An alternate strategy might be to > mark it as complete with some other way to tag it wasn't actually completed > and the dependencies should never become active. > > My instinct was just to delete the task, but then I lose the record that > it wasn't actually done, but also if I delete the first task, the others > lose their dependencies (maybe ask in a dialog box how to handle the > depencies?) and then could become active. > > A more common use case might be for tracking of meeting or failing to meet > goals. > > I am wondering how many of you have found yourself wanting a similar > feature and/or how you have dealt with this kind of situation. > > Thank you all, > Adam > > -- > 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/bac27d16-93b6-42d1-921c-5d693b4d2f7f%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/bac27d16-93b6-42d1-921c-5d693b4d2f7f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CAMMFJ%2BdcEq847gQicXMP%3DyMGUGuDCcbGFPGT5kb9Hi9gTtOXjg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
