I am a new user so not up to speed with the filters etc. But I too like to see what I've got without pressing too many buttons.
I use folders as 'objects' in the broadest sense, and so all my top level items are folders, and a few second level. Then below are projects for stuff that is intended to end. Maybe when I'm dead, but it's a rule! I am trying to use 'goal' field systematically for 'big rocks', but that is work in progress... Other than that, tasks (even 'big' items with many subtasks). Strictly, anything that isn't a one-off project task would need to be recurring, but I don't always set that. On Monday, November 1, 2021 at 1:50:37 PM UTC [email protected] wrote: > 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/971ae593-4b41-4a42-bc1a-aebe58248980n%40googlegroups.com.
