Re: Tips on maintaining history in Org Mode

[Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>]

David Masterson <dsmasterson92630@outlook.com> writes:

> Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> David Masterson <dsmasterson92630@outlook.com> writes:
>>
>> For me, my TODOs are setup so that they record a date stamp for when
>> they were added and whenever they change state e.g. started, done,
>> delegated etc.
>
> So, you use progress logging.

Yes.

>
>> For non-TODO items, I will often put an inactive timestamp in the
>> heading title.
>
> Do your headings become busy?
>

Some would feel they are 'busy'. I always put the timestamp at the
beginning of the heading, so there is a regular pattern (not much
different from the leading heading stars) and I've just got use to it,
so I don't really see it now.

> What would you use to then make a list of all meetings you had last year?

For me, archiving is about data I'm unlikely to need again, but just in
case I do, it is in the archive. I rarely look at my archives. However,
when I do archive, I will usually archive into a 'year' file. So, to
find all the meetings held in 2015, I would open that archive file and
search for entries with the tag MEETING (I also have a tag for PHONE).

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Tim Cross