Discussion Forum > Handling recurring non-scheduled activities
"SF wouldn't let me." No, SF always lets you. Just decide reading is urgent and do it.
"attach them to an existing habit (reading is part of the going-to-bed routine; doing some housework is part of the lunchtime break ...)"
I Do this and keep checklists for these items.
"attach them to an existing habit (reading is part of the going-to-bed routine; doing some housework is part of the lunchtime break ...)"
I Do this and keep checklists for these items.
March 6, 2011 at 12:51 |
Alan Baljeu
Alan Baljeu
Some of us (including Mark) use Outlook Reminders for this kind of thing. I have a recurring reminder to feed the dogs. It pops up in Outlook ~ 5PM. I write it in Column 2. It gets actioned within the next hour or two.
You can also use alarm clocks, cell phone reminders, etc., coupled (or not) with a list of recurring things, as Alan suggests.
You can also use alarm clocks, cell phone reminders, etc., coupled (or not) with a list of recurring things, as Alan suggests.
March 6, 2011 at 19:46 |
Seraphim
Seraphim
It all seemed a lot simpler in the cold light of two days later. I've set an alarm (thanks Seraphim) to start me on the getting-to-bed sequence (a full 1 hr 20m), with a list of activities (thanks Alan) attached to the alert (clearing the kitchen, setting up the computer for work first thing in the morning, etc.) with reading as the last item.
March 8, 2011 at 14:59 |
Chris Cooper
Chris Cooper
This seems to be a problem for anything that you want to do each day, but not at a scheduled time, so it's not on the calendar: how to have the task available to stand out when you want to on the active page?
It happens that I cycle through my list extremely slowly compared with many people here, but as far as I can see, the same problem should exist regardless of speed.
I can think of various ways of dealing with this:
· sprinkle the list with numerous instances of the task to increase the chances of it being there
· have longer pages ( in my electronic implementation I'm using 20-line pages; I'm happy with that length - I hate scanning long lists)
· create a Column 3 for recurring tasks (reminiscent of AF4 (Revised), which had separate pages for Unfinished and Recurring tasks)
· define something like 'Read a newspaper', 'Listen to an MP3 download' , 'do some housework' as a permanent unfinished task, to go into Col 2 (but there are very many recurring tasks that I want to handle daily; and I want to keep Col 2 lean)
· schedule these things
· - or attach them to an existing habit (reading is part of the going-to-bed routine; doing some housework is part of the lunchtime break ...)
· remove head from bottom and use common sense (not at all sure about this; like others here, I want the system to handle this - I go off-list often enough)
Others' thoughts?