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Too many tasks due today bc don't want to lose them
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devdevmarie |
I've been using Toodledo for a very long time. I have about 1000 tasks in the system total that are not completed at this moment.
Today, I had 180 tasks due. My two biggest issues are that I don't want to lose tasks, so I keep rolling them to be due the next day when I don't finish them and also that I have a ton of recurring tasks (backup data, read the school's latest newsletter, sync my budget). I'd love to find a better way to handle the rolling over of undone tasks. I tried to use the Status and did: Next Action: Must be done very soon (today or tomorrow) Active: Do this week Planning: Do this month This worked in some ways but it was hard to maintain in that I felt like I had to keep reviewing all the tasks to make sure I didn't "lose" one. Also if I didn't review them all, a task would be stuck in "do this week" and never noticed or moved to "do it today or tomorrow". Eventually just kept using due dates. I've considering a "This week" "This month" folder system but I am currently using Folders more as types and projects (Personal, Housework, Bathroom Project, etc) What do you do to not lose track of tasks without making everything due today and rolling it over? |
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Jimraz |
This is what I use - ToodleDo’s New MYN Preconfigured Account Capability
https://www.michaellinenberger.com/blog/toodledos-new-myn-preconfigured-account-capability/ |
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creinhard |
Do your 1000 tasks (or 180 tasks) have due dates?
If a task (with a due date) shows up on my "due today" list, and my reaction is "remind me in a month", I click "due date", and from the right side of that submenu, I click "In 1 month". That just "postpones" it, but it will show up again in a month. (you could also choose "In 1 week" as an alternative) But sometimes this game of "remind me later" can get tiring. At some point, you have to ask yourself "Am I really ever going to do this task? Another thing I do is create new tasks, and assign them a Context called "Inbox" but without a date. These tasks are things that I want to get out of my head, but I don't know if/when/how I will ever do them. Once a week, I will visit this context "inbox", and scan through my items and see how serious I am about any of them. Sometimes I feel they are important, and so I assign a date (and a repeat, ie, "remind me every week" etc). Sometimes I'm not sure about the task,, so I leave them as is in "inbox" with no date. Sometimes I can see that they were momentary ideas or whims, with no chance/no interest of being completed, so I can just delete them right then and there. |
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michaeelphillips |
To avoid losing track of tasks without making everything due today, I started using start dates instead of due dates, tasks only appear when I plan to work on them, so there’s no need to keep rolling them over.
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