I'm glad you like the icons. I used to do a lot of trips, for a while, and spent a bit of the time creating my own, custom icons. I used simple shapes with specific colours for particular groups of icons, so that they would be quick to recognise at a glance. Back when you could get a Google Groups conversation thread pinned to the top of a forum, I started this thread to share icons and useful formatting and filtering examples <https://groups.google.com/g/mylifeorganized/c/hG6vICmLW1k/m/fT_8dsgFCAAJ>.
The key with getting your icons to work, is to assign them to automatic formatting rules sorted into the right order (so the ones you want to see don't get overwritten by later rules). Here are screenshots of what I have at the start and the end of my automatic formatting rules list: [image: MLO automatic formatting - Rules at the start of the list.png] [image: MLO automatic formatting - Rules at the end of the list.png] I don't have the problem of viewing icons for multiple contexts - All of my tasks have only one context at any particular time. Having said that, though, it would be possible to group your icons into different categories and then set up autoformatting to post them into different icon positions. As I recall, you get positions 0-3 (with position 0 being for the checkbox and folder icons. On Sunday, 24 January 2021 at 21:37:00 UTC funjul...@gmail.com wrote: > 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 petervan...@gmail.com >> 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 petervan...@gmail.com >>>> 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 mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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