I've just started using MLO, syncing between my Windows desktop and Nexus 5 via Wi-Fi. I'm fine with using ad-hoc tasks and organising them in Outline view, but I now want to set up a system to deal with a particular type of recurring tasks.
I have noticed that there are two or three times in my day where a ‘checklist’ of items to be completed would be extremely useful (e.g. Before going to work, Before going home, etc.). The items on the list would all be recurrent items, but with differing patterns (e.g. every working day, every three days, alternate Wednesdays, etc.) so each day’s lists will be different – or different enough that a repeat cycle could be potentially very long. The items on the lists would all be simple tasks without sub-tasks (probably) that simply need to be checked off – whether that’s achieved by marking a task complete or simply by putting a check mark in a box is not important. What is important is to have the lists appear on my To Do list or Action List as just the checklist name (e.g. Morning Checklist) with the items on the list hidden until the list is opened. This is important so that the space on my daily Action List isn’t filled with all the regular routine stuff on the checklists. The checklist should probably have a reminder. Since I’m in the habit of checking the status bar at the top of my Nexus 5 whenever I pick it up, this tends to be my immediate action list as it’s available to all apps, not just MLO. The reminder, unless Snoozed or Cancelled, should take me straight to the open checklist or to the Action List with the checklist highlighted so that one more tap would open up the checklist ready for me to go through the things on the list. The list would need to stay open or be available until I’d checked off all the items, at which point the checklist would disappear from the Action List until the next day (or be greyed-out or changed in some way so it’s clear it’s complete). I'm not sure whether the checklist itself would need a recurrence pattern and how it would relate to the recurrence patterns of the items, but in the unlikely event that none of the checklist items was due to appear on the list, the list should either appear empty or not appear at all. It doesn't sound too complicated and I'm sure it's well within the capabilities of MLO, but I need some guidance as to the best way to set it up. Should I make each checklist a Project with the items as Tasks or make each checklist as a Task with the items as Sub-Tasks? How do I have the checklist appear on the To Do List, but hide the items until the checklist is opened? How can I have the checklist disappear when all the items have been either checked off or ‘skipped’ (not done, but with the next occurrence in the pattern generated)? There may be many ways to achieve this and I’m sure I’ll have a lot more questions once I start using it, but for now I just need to get it up and running enough to be able to start working with it on a daily basis so any help/suggestions will be most welcome. Tolqua. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/fe4eab08-aa04-4d93-8f67-4fbb7410391f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
