I used @waiting as a MLO context for a couple of years but turned away from it because it feels so different from the „real“ contexts I prefer to use. As my choice of task prioritizing is flags, I am using now a low priority flag color (blue) for waiting tasks. If seeing a result from a waiting task is more urgent I combine it with a due date. What works best for me is a „My Day“ view, which is grouped by contexts and prioritized by flags within each group.
[email protected] schrieb am Donnerstag, 11. Februar 2021 um 22:32:09 UTC+1: > I use a Waiting for context. I add it to the existing contexts. It is auto > formatted to be purple italics so I can easily identify and then I set a > review date. It does not appear on my to list until it is due for a review. > > I also have a tab where all the items for review appear so I can quickly > look through them in my weekly PReview session. > > Cheers > > Stephen J > > On Saturday, 30 January 2021 at 08:48:03 UTC+11 Stéph wrote: > >> Excuse the spelling errors. For some reason, Google Groups has decided to >> make my text entry box about 1/2 line high, so I can't read what I'm >> typing... >> >> On Friday, 29 January 2021 at 21:46:43 UTC Stéph wrote: >> >>> Hello funjul >>> >>> Well, I use contexts. >>> Folder hierarchy, for me, is only for grouping tasks and subtasks, or >>> tasks in to roles and goals. >>> Contexts work well as GTD contexts. You can even give them time slots or >>> locations, which fits in very well with GTD contexts like "@Errand". >>> >>> So, now onto how I do "wsiting for" and "next action": >>> When I delegate a task to someone, or I've left a message and I'm >>> waiting for someone to give me some information to be able to complete a >>> task, I change the context to ">waiting for" and I put the person's name at >>> the top of my task note, tagged with a question mark - eg ?Jone Bloggs. >>> That way, when I'm speaking with Joe Bloggs, it's easy to look up the other >>> things I need to follow-up with him - I just search for "?Jue".. >>> >>> . I use formatting so that "@waiting for" tasks are greyed out until >>> they are due, so I'm not distracted by the things for which someone has >>> more time to come back to me and to highlight those things which are >>> overdue and need chasing. >>> >>> This works well enough for me that sometimes people tell me they wonder >>> how I keep on top of the list of things I'm working on with them. >>> >>> Now for "next action" - I have less use for this. I give my actions >>> start and due dates, with the date that the action actually has a deadline, >>> then I often sort my actions by date.. >>> So, that's how I do it. >>> On Wednesday, 27 January 2021 at 08:44:23 UTC [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> So MLO doesn't have a natural way of marking tasks as "waiting for" or >>>> "next action" like in GTD, so I wondered what people used. Some >>>> possibilities: >>>> >>>> 1. What the software seems to want you to do is use "Active Actions" as >>>> a substitute for Next Action, but they're not the same thing, and that >>>> doesn't give you an option for Waiting For. >>>> >>>> 2. You could use folders for Next Action and Waiting For, but that's >>>> difficult because you'd have to move the whole project or split it up. >>>> >>>> 3. You could use contexts, which is what I've been trying, though >>>> they're not technically contexts. >>>> >>>> 4. You could use text tags and then search for those text tags. >>>> >>>> 5. You could use flags. >>>> >>>> 6. You could repurpose some other attribute of tasks. >>>> >>>> 7. You could use project status - "In Progress" for NA and "Suspended" >>>> for WF. But that only works at project level. Of course, there's nothing >>>> stopping you from making everything a project so you can use project >>>> status. >>>> >>>> Other thoughts? How do you handle Waiting For and Next Action? >>>> >>>> -- 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/1cf34f76-2c6f-48a5-8d07-d47c19b8bccfn%40googlegroups.com.
