Re: org-mode as an accountability system?

[Peter Salazar <cycleofsong@gmail.com>]

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Thank you all for your suggestions. I'm going to work on incorporating them
into my system. I'll let you know how it turns out!


On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 6:44 AM, Darlan Cavalcante Moreira <darcamo@gmail.com
> wrote:

>
> Also, if you have anything in your agenda that you don't want to send to
> him you can use tags to restrict what is shown in the agenda before you
> copy/export it.
>
> --
> Darlan
>
> At Sun, 4 Mar 2012 14:08:40 +0000 (UTC),
> Memnon Anon <gegendosenfleisch@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Peter,
> >
> > Peter Salazar <cycleofsong@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > My committed actions for a day consist of:
> > >
> > > a) TODOs for the projects I'm working on
> > > b) random errands that need to be done that day
> > > c) daily habits (e.g. meditating, exercising)
> > >
> > > I don't believe org-agenda can support me in doing this, because I
> > > require:
> > >
> > > a) a way to quickly enter the random tasks for that day (without
> > > having to "schedule" each one for today)
> > > b) more importantly: a way to record, store, and e-mail my list of
> > > which tasks I've done and not done at the end of the night
> >
> > I am not sure why you don't use the agenda, there really should be no
> > need to compile this data manually.
> >
> > Flow:
> > - Enter your task with capture. This *is* a quick way, and you should be
> >   able to setup a binding that schedules the new task to today by
> >   default. Put the tasks wherever they should live in your org cosmos.
> > - At the beginning of the day, start your agenda for today.
> >   Copy and paste it, export it to html, whatever. Send it to your
> >   college.
> > - Work through your tasks. If you can't finish a task, don't mark it
> >   didnotdo, but simple reschedule it for tomorrow; the change will be
> >   reflected in your log drawer.
> > - At the end of the day, or early next day, start the agenda and use
> >   org-agenda-log-mode, probably with C-u.
> > - `C-u l' should show you all there is, given it is properly configured:
> >   Task you finished, tasks you did not finish and hence rescheduled for
> >   later, even your sections (teaching, habits, random tasks) can be
> >   reflected with categories. Just copy and paste it in your email and
> >   you are done.
> >
> > > Macro question: Is there a better way to manage my accountability
> > > system, rather than doing it manually? Again, I don't see a way to do
> > > it using agenda.
> >
> >
> > hth
> >
> > Memnon
> >
> >
>
>

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