Stéphane, Thanks for that. I will play around with it. I probably am not using the filter to its fullest extent. I tend to keep all my categories of tasks, be they projects, roles, etc. at a top level so I can see everything at once and drill down each when I want to see their individual tasks. I tend not to use views except All Tasks and I have created one I call Today: tasks that started on or before today, and Master Task List: all tasks without a start date.
Thanks, John On Sunday, October 31, 2021 at 6:36:48 AM UTC-4 Stéph wrote: > Hello John, > > Welcome to the MLO community. Regarding folders: > > Firstly, I structure my outline into areas of my life (personal, home, > work, community), then roles (&Father / Family, &Earner / Finances, &Home > Improver, &Engineer, &SCADA Specialist... - don't worry about the & > prefixes - I just use a range of hashtags to help narrow down text > searches), then my projects and tasks under each role. > So, in summary, the first three levels of my outline are Area of life -> > Role -> Project > > To make the most of some of the advanced filter options > (TopLevelFolderName, TopLevelParentName, TopLevelProjectName), my areas of > life are tasks, roles are folders and projects are... projects. That way I > can use those filter terms to narrow down my view to a particular area, > role or project. > > The other thing I use folders for is for keeping notes, links and > information related to a role or project, distinct from its tasks. A folder > item can also be thought of a note item, with no start or due date and > which won't get completed and checked off. > > Hope you manage to up a system which works for you, for maximising ease of > use and productivity. > > Stéphane > On Saturday, 30 October 2021 at 19:06:38 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > >> Hello all! >> >> I just finished my trial and am literally "sold" on MLO! :) I am pretty >> clear on when is the best time to make a task a Project and when to just >> leave it a task (regardless of whether it has subtasks or not), but am >> curious how people use Folders? >> >> I've read through the Guide and they only reference how to create, >> modify, etc. a folder, but doesn't talk about why you would want to use one >> vs. just making the task a project or leave it a task. >> >> I am using the FranklinCovey template and that prepopulated Roles >> (Father, Boss, etc.? and Sharpen the Saw (Physical, Social, Spiritual, >> etc.) as folders. This seems odd to me as when I use them, I tend to put >> things on my calendar (e.g., schedule time to workout) or put a task in >> (e.g., buy running shoes). >> >> Would people please share how they use folders? What do you put in them? >> Do you stack them (i.e., folders within folders)? >> >> Thanks, >> >> John >> > -- 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/4cc49a93-ee58-463f-9010-a750ebf1098an%40googlegroups.com.
