There is a further benefit which is more subtle.
GTD theory not withstanding, things have to be genuinely quite large projects before I naturally want to think about them in that way!). You see for me it's quite rare that my mind naturally even *thinks* in terms of "Projects" (i.e. What I am using however is indentations - and I am doing so a lot! I use it to indicate sub-tasks of tasks. In fact to be completely honest I'm not even using the "Project" function at all ! I may be missing something but it doesnt bring any value to me at present.
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plus set up hotkeys to get at them etc etc. Iii) It's trivial to see ALL the tasks within any project at once (not just the first one - as some MLO reports do. Ii) The view is extremely compact - allowing multiple projects to be visible on my screen at once I) I can see what I need to do next (usually the first one OR TWO are in fact visible.) (or of in doubt anywhere on the line in question hit F2) I *know* it's there but I'm not interested in it right now) ANDĬ) If I do want to see the other tasks/sub-task, then all I need to do is just hover with my mouse and all the hidden text appears with a simple mouse-over.ĭ) Then, as soon as I have completed something (quite possibly not in the rigid order I had previous suggested to myself !) it's simply a matter of clicking on the line at the relevant spot and hitting the delete key a few times. "HOUSE NOW CLEAN => clean bedroom => hoover stairs => bathroom (hoover+mirrors) => hoover hallway => clear/hoover main room."Ī) I can see my first task "clean bedroom" automatically, ANDī) I'm not wasting vertical screen space with a long list of stuff which I'm not ready to process yet (i.e. I use CAPITALS for major projects (btw, is there really no way to get MLO to capitalise MLO-level "Project" names automatically? I already get it to change colour.)Į.g. or sometimes it's just a way of inspiring me to START a project by defining something small to get started with. I normally use this for things that need doing a particular order.
There is no way to break a line into two.Ī) Whether any of you good people use MLO in this way?ī) However given the vast myriad of things of things that MLO lets you do, can it *really* be true that MLO with not let us do something as simple as break a line in two nor join two lines together?(!)Ĭ) And if so, would anyone else here find it useful to be able to do this?Īfter some months of using MLO, I am now in the habit of writing multiple tasks on one line - which I separate with " => ". !searchin/mylifeorganized/break$20a$20line/mylifeorganized/c4M10RvGvzk/lUj_YfJZDNUJ If I want to create sub-tasks or add things that make the line become insanely long, then according to Pottster in this thread Visually it makes the Next Action leap out more (and slightly hides subsequent tasks) It makes it visually obvious that there *IS* a connected sequence of task (rather than a random list that I am looking at) It stops subsequently me accidentally changing with a hard-wired sequence that I have worked out "Install new locks => Get new keys cut => give new keys to Fred => Tell George Fred has new key" Instead of using formal Dependencies in MLO, I have taken to putting multiple tasks into one line.Ī) Tasks that are *best* done consecutively immediately after each otherĮ.g."Pick up tap from hardware store => go to stationers for pen & paper => supermarket => post letter on way home"ī) I also use this to write up things that MUST be done in that particular sequence but not necessarily immediately after each other:Į.g.
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