I think this is a good idea... I [personally use reminders, so when it pops up, I snooze it for x hours or days. But that indeed does ot take it out of the TODAY list... I am a @jason Seaman c2 type, but having all his option as as part of a 'snooze' dialog for tasks that also postpones the reminder.
Grant On Monday, December 11, 2023 at 4:29:15 AM UTC+1 Stephen Jones wrote: > My workaround is to add a subtask called "Delete this task" and set it for > the day I am going to do it. When it shows up in my list, I delete it and > then the recurring times shows up on thelist. > > On Monday 11 December 2023 at 01:03:47 UTC+11 Michael Emerald, CFA wrote: > >> Hi Miriam. >> >> >> >> BOTTOM LINE: Like you, I hate overdue tasks. For day-recurring tasks I >> set long lead times. For hour-recurring tasks, I beg to have a “working >> hours” field in MLO settings which it considers in setting the end >> date/time. >> >> >> >> First, I am exactly the same as you: I hate to see overdue tasks when, >> for example, I wake up, or as you said, travel. >> >> >> >> For awhile I’ve proposed being able to put in a calendar of working >> hours/days, similar to MS Project. So that, If I have an 8 hour tasks >> starting at 7 p.m., it’s end date would be Next morning around 9 a.m., >> rather than 3 in the morning. >> >> >> >> And almost exactly like you, I have an apartment near Boston. So when I >> get there it shows me all these tasks that are overdue! There, what I do is >> to create week long lead times for daily recurring tasks. Like “tidy the >> office every day”, instead of having a lead time of 1 day, I put a 7-day >> lead time. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Take Care, >> >> >> >> *Michael Emerald, CFA* >> >> >> >> *Performance Business Design* >> >> Owner, Business Strategy Consultant >> >> (retired) >> >> >> >> *From:* mylifeo...@googlegroups.com <mylifeo...@googlegroups.com> *On >> Behalf Of *Richard Emes >> *Sent:* Saturday, December 9, 2023 17:41 >> *To:* MyLifeOrganized <mylifeo...@googlegroups.com> >> *Subject:* Re: [MLO] feature request: one-time-delay for recurring >> actions >> >> >> >> >> I struggle with this too. My workaround is to set the start date for when >> I’d like to do the task and the due date as the latest date eg recurring >> weekend tasks start on a Friday and are due on Sunday. When completed they >> start the next Friday etc >> >> On Wednesday 6 December 2023 at 20:34:49 UTC Jason Seaman wrote: >> >> I'm not exactly sure what you are asking, so I'll try to clarify with an >> (verbose) example. And then I may have a better response. >> >> Suppose a task is set to recur every 2nd Wednesday, >> >> 1) the task is due on the 1st >> >> 2a) On the 1st, the task is completed as planned. >> 2b) The task is updated to be due on the 15th. >> >> 3a) On the Wednesday the 15th, the task is *not* completed as planned >> 3b) On the Friday the 17th, the task _could_ be completed. >> >> Then, do any of the following options, describe your situation? >> >> a) Wait until next schedule, on the 29th. >> >> b) Wait until the next Wednesday, on the 22nd. >> >> c1) Complete as soon as possible, on Friday the 17th, >> -- -- and repeat every 28 days going forward >> >> c2) Complete as soon as possible, on Friday the 17th, >> -- -- and repeat every 2nd Wednesday, from the 22th. >> >> c3) Complete as soon as possible, on Friday the 17th, >> -- -- and repeat every 2nd Wednesday, from the 29th. >> >> I am fascinated with how to manage recurring tasks in MLO. Most of my >> recurring tasks are fit option 'c1' above. >> >> >> cheers, >> ..jason >> >> On 12/6/2023 9:56 AM, Miriam Huber wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I have a small request, it is more of a psychological thing, in a way: >> I have recurring tasks like, for example, "change my bedsheets". I may >> set this for wednesday every two weeks, but then, I am travelling the >> wednesday in question and for one reason or another, I don't want to change >> the sheets before, but only when I come back on friday. Now I have two >> options: >> >> 1) I leave the task. Then I have an overdue task sitting in my list, and >> I don't like this. It feels "guilt" and the risk ist to get accustomed to >> overdue tasks ... >> >> 2) I "complete" the task - even thouth I haven't changed the sheets and >> create another one-time task "change sheets", due friday. 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