Interesting. Pretty similar in structure to my own outline. Thanks for sharing.
On Saturday, 13 February 2021 at 18:41:04 UTC [email protected] wrote: > Thanks for this amount of detail, Stéphane. Very interesting and > helpful. I suppose what I meant by loose tasks is tasks that do not > relate to a project. All my loose tasks would relate to an area, too. > You asked how my outline was coming along. It looks like this at the > moment. Each Area of Focus has projects within it AND also loose tasks > that are not part of a project. > > I'm of course very new to MLO and maybe this is not the best way to set up > but so far it feels right for me. I still trying to find a workflow > with keyboard short cuts etc. What is the most efficient way to enter > data, type thing. > > I'm not fully transitioned yet but here is where I'm at: > > [image: image.png] > > Peter > > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 6:01 PM Stéph <[email protected]> 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]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/96c6d0ae-0435-42da-be76-a89eab4e2cc0n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/96c6d0ae-0435-42da-be76-a89eab4e2cc0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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/798a294e-ce20-4d14-bd03-dd459841c2ban%40googlegroups.com.
