Hi Lisa, hi all :) thanks for your input. I really appreciate all of it; I think the main problem for me in the beggining was/is sometimes still to get inspired so I could come up with my own ways of using all the views, contexts, goals and that. I am only used to one-dimensional lists so I felt it was a little hard to think out of the box.
I did realize that only a few days ago I was really trying to find the perfect setup. But soon I also realized what I came up with (all sorts of custom formatting _plus_ icons _plus_ contexts) was way too much and things got confusing. I then reverted pretty much all of the formatting and stick with the initial setup for context and projects. Your idea of using numbers for the sections (folders?) sounds interesting! I do use folders and even subfolders. In there I got my projects and also quick tasks (one offs? I came across that word from someone's posting). So in outline view I sorted things according to their subject for now and I would also want to assign contexts. I guess up to this point, I have no problems doing it right away; an inbox does put some pressure on me though: I tend to procrastinate a lot and if I know I need to sort my inbox out I fear it will actually not get done in time. So for now I try to come up with an easy outline. If in doubt, I can always create a new folder for the task I want to write down. My main folders are Home and Computer, so this seems easy to decide. Thank you for the clarification on the projects idea. I do understand it better now. I still struggle a little with it as I cannot come up with a valid example from my projects, but it is no problem. I just take it the way it is and will keep it in mind. Maybe the use comes to my mind soon. kind regards, Brienne Von: mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com [mailto:mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com] Im Auftrag von Lisa Stroyan Gesendet: Donnerstag, 19. Juli 2012 05:41 An: mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com Betreff: Re: [MLO] Possibly a new user...feel lost LOL Hi Brienne, and welcome! On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Brienne <maz...@googlemail.com> wrote: I feel a bit lost with all the options, though I am also intrigued by the complexity of this program. Oh and I hope it is ok that I started a new thread? I just felt it would be impolite to hi-jack someone's "New user" thread. Yes, please start a new thread any time you have a new topic-- no problem. I suffer from ADD (yes, that attention thing ;) ) and my mind is constantly on the edge of bursting apart from ideas, do-not-forgets and what-I-always-wanted-to-do's. So I really really need a good way to sort things out and get them on paper sorted in a way that fits to my needs or, rather, thinking. I am very intrigued by the idea of having these contexts, projects and goals. That would cover a lot of the things that are on my mind; I had a bit of a hard time finding out how far automatic the program gets though: Is there a way to automatically asign contexts for instance, by typing an "@" in front of a word? Or are all these settings merely done manually through the properties dialog? My brain also feels bursting a lot of the time :) If I'm at my PC I use the Rapid Task Entry as someone else suggested. On Android I have the MLO microphone widget that starts a voice recording and translates it to text. I actually don't try to figure out what context to put the task in, etc, in that moment. I find it takes two different modes of my brain for this, and if I let myself worry about, "where should I put this, what context, etc" then I get distracted from whatever I was doing before and start thinking about task management. Instead, I try to regularly empty my inbox by (1) assigning a context, (2) assigning a goal if appropriate, (3) deciding if I want to break it down into smaller tasks, and then (4) moving it to the right place in my task outline tree. My tree has numbers in front of the sections, so when I'm ready to move I hit "Ctrl-M, 4" and it goes to the right place. I also read somewhere that projects always have to be marked done manually, is that right? Sounds a little odd to me, since I do see the percentage changing with the subtasks getting done. Rarely is a project done just because the subtasks one has already thought of have gotten completed. Usually there are more tasks to finish up and so the Project task itself serves as that reminder. I often word my Projects as actions that remind me to finalize. "Complete the kitchen re-organization" for example. That is why, when a project's subtasks are all completed, the Project task itself becomes Active. I hope this wasnt much too long for a first introduction, and please excuse my mistakes in grammar and spelling. English is my second language and my ADD does the rest to my spelling ;))) Not at all! -- Lisa _____ Lisa Stroyan, mailto: lstro...@gmail.com <mailto:lstro...@gmail.com> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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