Good question. Generally, I don't have any loose tasks just related to an area of life. The tasks are all related to some kind of Role or Goal, so are in a folder. To give you a feel for the kind of structure, here's a selection of the Roles and Goals I've set for myself in each Area of life:
Personal > Get fit and stay healthy > Get organised > Philosophy, Religion, etc > Creativity > Adventure & Learning > Entertainment - (This folder tends to be a dumping ground for things I want to see, listen to, taste, visit, etc) Home > &Shopping and errands > &Husband > &Father / Family > &Friends > &Home Improver & Maintenance - (with sub-folders for indoor, outdoor and car) Work > &Line Manager > &Knowledge Coordinator > &Bid support > &Electrical / ICA Engineer > &SCADA consultant > &Process Safety - SIL Assessor Community > Well, this Area is a little more messy, possibly reflecting the reactive way I respond to community, charity or other events and activities. I should plan this area of my life a bit better, really. OK, I do cheat a little - There's an "Admin" folder under each life area too, where I keep some folders of notes, contact names, etc which I haven't yet transferred to Microsoft OneNote. The projects and some loose tasks (single-step projects?) are grouped under each Role or Goal. My philosophy (taken from bits of GTD, along with bits of Stephen Covey's "7 Habits") is that, if I have a task which doesn't fit in with any of my Roles or Goals, then I should delegate or ditch it. So sticking to these defined roles and goals helps me to filter out the unnecessary stuff. Here's a snapshot, with an example branch showing structure and formatting of an example role, project and tasks in various states. [image: Example of MLO structure and automatic formatting.png] So, how does that compare with how your own outline is developing? All the best, Stéphane On Wednesday, 20 January 2021 at 18:47:31 UTC [email protected] wrote: > Thank you for this, Stéphane. Much appreciated. One question: if I > would drill down into one of your area folders, do you keep single, > non-project related tasks just loosely in the area's folder or do you have > another folder for just single actions? Or perhaps you don't have > non-project related actions. > > Peter > > On Friday, January 15, 2021 at 4:14:38 AM UTC-4 Stéph wrote: > >> Welcome to MLO, Peter. You'll find that MLO is very flexible, so there >> are lots of ways to achieve almost anything you want. I've just posted a >> note about my outline structure in Joel's recent thread, here >> <https://groups.google.com/g/mylifeorganized/c/Rmk8ibRNeXo>. I use GTD >> contexts (I was thinking of using them for flags, to assign one exclusive >> context for the next step on each task, but have ended up using the >> "Context" parameter for that. I can recommend taking the time to understand >> how to set up Advanced Filters, to get exactly the views you want. >> >> At some point I'll post a couple of screenshots. >> >> Good luck with setting up your system. >> All the best, >> Stéphane >> >> On Thursday, 14 January 2021 at 18:53:44 UTC [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I am very new to MLO and just started playing around with it a while ago >>> and found that I actually really like it. I am a long-time GTD >>> practitioner (10 years plus) but never looked at MLO even though I knew it >>> was out there. >>> >>> In 2020 I reached a frustration level with my system: too bloated, too >>> "not the way I really like it", too many hacks to make it work for GTD, etc >>> and declared system bankruptcy. >>> >>> Spent a big part of 2020 looking for something that is simple and >>> down-to-earth. Now, I really MLO is a complex tool with a lot of >>> features yet I think I can build a back-to-basics GTD system here that I >>> like. I really like outliner based systems. For a good while, I used >>> GTDNext but found the lack of mobile apps a hindrance. Also used >>> Dynalist for a while. Yet here I am at MLO. >>> >>> I really enjoy seeing screenshots of other systems and if you have any >>> tips and tricks that may be useful, I would welcome your advice. Happy >>> to share at some point what I come up with. >>> >>> I enjoy community around software tools and was happy to find this >>> group. I am an accountant by trade and live in Nova Scotia in eastern >>> Canada. >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> >>> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/96c6d0ae-0435-42da-be76-a89eab4e2cc0n%40googlegroups.com.
