On Oct 23, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote:
But isn't consistency in the long-run the fact that you have
actually *completed* them?
Yes and no. I don't need to always complete them, and yet I could
still be consistent. It's optimal to be perfectly consistent, but
that's no what's expected.
Missing a deadline is something else entirely, as one imagines there
are consequences. Missing a habit is, well, just harder to pin down.
In this case, IMO, a weekly review is a habit, even though it does
not happen daily, it still has consistent period to be respected (1
day, every seven days), and a deadline (the very same day). Or
habits need to be daily?
I guess it all comes down to whether you just want the graph or not.
A weekly review is really something you need to do every week, so it's
just a repeating task. I have too have regular repeating tasks for
things like downloading bank statements, paying the rent, visiting the
dentist, etc. These are tasks which are _each important in
themselves_. A habit, on the other hand, is never important in
itself. It doesn't matter so much if I miss washing the dishes
today. It's the _habit overall which is important_. As long as I
wash them more often than not, I'm doing better than if I'd never used
Org at all.
The only difference between regular repeating tasks and habits is this:
1. Habits appear at the bottom of the agenda (by default)
2. Habits can be removed by hitting K
3. Habits have a little graph, since you need to see consistency
over a
period of time.
Another difference between habits and tasks is this: If I get to the
end of my day and there are tasks yet undone, it means I need to
schedule them for another day. But if there are habits undone, *I
never reschedule them*. Once I reach a point during the day when I
know I no longer have time or opportunity to work on my habits, I just
hit K and exclude them from the view. What it means is that I'll try
again to do them tomorrow.
But since tasks are, in a way, much more self-important, they need to
be allocated to a certain day, or given a specific deadline -- whether
or not that deadline repeats itself.
John
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