Hello everybody! In the last couple of days I've been rethinking my self-organization method and trying to fix various aspects of it which are broken.
One of these is something that I want to consult with you about. When putting tasks into MLO, I make use of the Importance, Urgency and Effort attributes. I set these attributes to different levels for different tasks. The thing is, I'm starting to feel that I have a need for one more attribute, which is similar to Importance but not quite the same, and which I am not sure if I can even name yet. Let me explain the need: I've noticed that often I would go to my computer and look at the ~20-30 tasks I have on my MLO to-do list, thinking "there's a lot of stuff I need to do", and feeling the sort of bad feeling that you feel when there's a task that you *have *to do but haven't done yet. And some of my tasks are like that; for example if I have tasks like "Call accountant to ask about salary mistake" or "Do the laundry", than those are things that I *have *to do, where "have" means that I should feel that something is wrong if I didn't do. Otherwise I might end up with no money in my pockets and no pants whose pockets I could pull inside-out to illustrate my lack of money. But on the other hand, there are tasks which it'll be a great idea to do, but which I don't *have *to do. Two examples of that from my to-do list are "Learn how to use RegexBuddy better" and "Reorganize all the electronic adapters in the drawer". The former would make me into a better programmer, and the latter would make it easier for me to find adapters when I need them. Those are great things that are really important to me in my life; programming puts bread on my table, and becoming a better programmer is crucial to advancing my career, making more money and living a happy and fulfilling life. I went on a spiel here because I want to emphasize that tasks like the 2 examples above are definitely *important*, yet they are *still different* from the examples of tasks from the previous paragraph. Let's compare the 2 kinds of tasks. For simplicity I'll rephrase the example for the first kind of task as "Resolve financial problem", and the second kind as "Learn how to become a better programmer". They are both undoubtedly important. The first one may be more urgent, but not necessarily. The difference between them is: *The first task belongs to a bucket of tasks which I have to do, otherwise basic assumptions about my life (like having money in the bank) would stop being true, while the second task belongs to a different bucket of tasks which I don't have to do. Doing them may be a great idea but I can live a great life without them too.* * * * * I hope I've explained the need properly here. Now, I want MLO to reflect those different kinds of tasks. Interface-wise, I would probably want to have a list of the most have-to-do tasks, followed by the list of medium have-to-do tasks, and finishing with the least have-to-do tasks. I know how to do all of that with MLO, but, MLO doesn't have a "have-to-do" attribute on tasks! I'm already using Importance, Urgency and Effort! How could I make MLO set each task to have a specified level of "have-to-do"? I'll be happy to hear your thoughts. Thanks for your help, Ram Rachum. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/KOPqjM6r2PMJ. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
