I thought the same when I saw your outline. I have been using these areas for years and it seems to work well for me.
I was curious about how the “&” functions in your outline? I have taken the plunge now that my trial period is over and bought the pro versions for windows and iOS. Looking forward to working with MLO and being part of this community. On February 13, 2021 at 6:29 PM, Stéph (stephaneenglis...@gmail.com) wrote: Interesting. Pretty similar in structure to my own outline. Thanks for sharing. On Saturday, 13 February 2021 at 18:41:04 UTC petervan...@gmail.com 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 <stephane...@gmail.com> 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 mylifeorganiz...@googlegroups.com. 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. 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