* Creating prioritized todo list from GTD project/next action list
@ 2007-03-08 3:30 Scott Jaderholm
2007-03-08 5:04 ` Claudine Chionh
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From: Scott Jaderholm @ 2007-03-08 3:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
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Hi,
It looks like many of the org-mode users are using it for a GTD-like setup.
I imagine many of you have a format like this:
* Project 1
** Next Action
* Project 2
** Next Action
I've heard some opposition from GTDers to a simple todo list for the day and
it seems that the GTD way is to decide in-the-moment what to do based on a
number of criteria. Well, I really do like having a todo list and planning
out the critical things for my day in the morning and then going down the
list checking them off. I but I also like having a project view because that
allows me to make sure I come up with the next actions for all my
commitments. I'm curious if anyone has come up with a nice way to make this
todo list, organize it, but have it link back to your next actions for your
projects.
I've tried tagging TODOs with :today:, but you can't reorder them in the
agenda match tag window. What I normally do now is schedule the TODOs for
today and then I archive them in the agenda view with $ to complete them.
The biggest problem with this is that I can't reorder the scheduled TODOs to
reflect the priority or order in which I want to do them, and I clutter up
my calendar view of the day.
I thought of two solutions and I'm wondering if anyone has implemented
either or come up with another.
One, rearrange items in the agenda without having to assign them a time.
Two, have a keystroke that you could press on a headline and it would create
a link (or an agenda like display) of that headline in a temporary window
(or a todo window) where you could use org-mode controls to rearrange the
headlines. If you pressed C-c $ or C-c C-t you could archive or complete the
tasks and have them be changed back in the real file.
Just thought I'd ask and see if there was something I was missing.
Thanks,
Scott
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* Re: Creating prioritized todo list from GTD project/next action list
2007-03-08 3:30 Creating prioritized todo list from GTD project/next action list Scott Jaderholm
@ 2007-03-08 5:04 ` Claudine Chionh
2007-03-08 8:43 ` Creating prioritized todo list from GTD project/nextaction list Egli Christian (KIRO 43)
2007-03-12 9:13 ` Creating prioritized todo list from GTD project/next action list Bastien
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From: Claudine Chionh @ 2007-03-08 5:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Scott Jaderholm wrote:
> I'm curious if anyone has come up with a
> nice way to make this todo list, organize it, but have it link back to
> your next actions for your projects.
> I've tried tagging TODOs with :today:, but you can't reorder them in the
> agenda match tag window. What I normally do now is schedule the TODOs
> for today and then I archive them in the agenda view with $ to complete
> them. The biggest problem with this is that I can't reorder the
> scheduled TODOs to reflect the priority or order in which I want to do
> them, and I clutter up my calendar view of the day.
Maybe *I'm* missing something, but this seems more complicated than necessary. I
organise actions under projects, as you do, then I use
C-a a (org-agenda-list)
to display the current week's actions, sorted by date and priority. Pressing t
in agenda mode will toggle the todo/done state.
--
Claudine Chionh
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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* RE: Creating prioritized todo list from GTD project/nextaction list
2007-03-08 3:30 Creating prioritized todo list from GTD project/next action list Scott Jaderholm
2007-03-08 5:04 ` Claudine Chionh
@ 2007-03-08 8:43 ` Egli Christian (KIRO 43)
2007-03-12 9:13 ` Creating prioritized todo list from GTD project/next action list Bastien
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From: Egli Christian (KIRO 43) @ 2007-03-08 8:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hi Scott
> Well, I really do like having a todo list and planning out the
critical things for my day in the morning and then going down the
> list checking them off. I but I also like having a project view
because that allows me to make sure I come up with the next actions
> for all my commitments. I'm curious if anyone has come up with a nice
way to make this todo list, organize it, but have it link back
> to your next actions for your projects.
> I've tried tagging TODOs with :today:, but you can't reorder them in
the agenda match tag window. What I normally do now is schedule
> the TODOs for today and then I archive them in the agenda view with $
to complete them. The biggest problem with this is that I
> can't reorder the scheduled TODOs to reflect the priority or order in
which I want to do them, and I clutter up my calendar view of
> the day.
> I thought of two solutions and I'm wondering if anyone has implemented
either or come up with another.
> One, rearrange items in the agenda without having to assign them a
time.
Couldn't you assign a priority to the tasks and then sort the agenda
view by priority?
> Two, have a keystroke that you could press on a headline and it would
create a link (or an agenda like display) of that headline in
> a temporary window (or a todo window) where you could use org-mode
controls to rearrange the headlines. If you pressed C-c $ or C-c
> C-t you could archive or complete the tasks and have them be changed
back in the real file.
Huh, this sounds like quite a bit of code to develop.
Christian
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* Re: Creating prioritized todo list from GTD project/next action list
2007-03-08 3:30 Creating prioritized todo list from GTD project/next action list Scott Jaderholm
2007-03-08 5:04 ` Claudine Chionh
2007-03-08 8:43 ` Creating prioritized todo list from GTD project/nextaction list Egli Christian (KIRO 43)
@ 2007-03-12 9:13 ` Bastien
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From: Bastien @ 2007-03-12 9:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hi Scott,
"Scott Jaderholm" <jaderholm@gmail.com> writes:
> I've tried tagging TODOs with :today:, but you can't reorder them in the
> agenda match tag window. What I normally do now is schedule the TODOs for
> today and then I archive them in the agenda view with $ to complete
> them. The biggest problem with this is that I can't reorder the scheduled
> TODOs to reflect the priority or order in which I want to do them, and I
> clutter up my calendar view of the day.
Here is a brief overview of how i use org-mode to solve (workaround?) the
issue you raised :
- I use a "NEXT" state for the next actions (i admittedly suppose most of
the next actions should be done on ... today)
- Tags are only related to the context or the /kind/ of actions (:work:,
:home: or :reading:, :writing:), making it easy to know what i can do
depending on what i want to do
- I manually order the NEXT actions within a project so that they appear in
the right order in the agenda view
- I manually order the project themselves (either within a file or by using
C-c [ and C-c ]) so that projects appear in the right order
- I schedule a task iff it has to be done on a specific day.
Hope this helps, regards,
--
Bastien
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