Stéphane, where do you get those awesome custom icons? I would love a phone or computer icon to show the context - really good idea!
I tried to download and import some but they didn't seem to work. What do you do when a task has multiple contexts each with icons? On Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 2:01:26 PM UTC-8 Stéph wrote: > 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]. 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