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2012-06-27, 05:56 AM
Brilliant post, Wilson! Genius.
I sat down this morning and tweaked Due so that it shows me what's due within the week. Works great. I just changed the Due Soon timeframe in Preferences. I'm good to go there. In fact, I like being able to see things for the entire week instead of Today. At least, for now.
Then, I created a Someday perspective to show me all the stuff that is on hold. Again, this works perfectly.
It's my Next perspective that I can't seem to nail down.
Context: Active
Grouping: Due
Sorting: Due
Avail filter: Remaining
Status: Any
At first glance, it seems perfect, too. It tells me what's due within the next month, then a section called No date. Love this! Almost. I say almost because it shows that On Hold project. Not sure why, since I chose Active as my Context Filter.
If I change the Availability filter to Any, I get stuff I've already completed (it is scratched out, but still shows).
If I change the Availability filter to Available, it rip out items that are due within the next month.
Is there a way to stop completed items from showing up? If so, that's the perfect solution. If not, I'll be looking at a boat load of On Hold projects in my Next.
Or, do I need to create another perspective? So, I'd have: Due, Next, Avail, Someday.
Unless... a theme with enlarged fonts or colors would do the trick. Problem there is that I don't have start dates on a lot of my projects. I'm concerned that if I add start dates, I'll constantly be fiddling with them.
I'm definitely checking out those themes and the links. Thanks so much, guys. Yes, OF's strengths can be a shortcoming - but only if I try to bite off more than I can chew at the moment. It's like learning keyboard shortcuts - to try and learn them all can be overwhelming. To pick and learn a handful at a time is easy. I see OF has a lot of room for me to grow in should I need it.
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ETA: GerryMac's reply.
I totally forgot about Zen-To-Done. I may need to revisit that site for a refresher. KISS and all that.
I can really get by on three perspectives. Contexts? I never added more than one in Things to be honest. It's like keywords in Aperture - you could make yourself insane adding them.
So, I'm going to take a hard look at just how few contexts are needed. I work from home. So, stuff is done either here, or while I'm out. That's two: Home, Away.
If that doesn't separate it down enough for ME (along with 3 perspectives), then me thinks I've put too much on my plate or I'm not sorting them properly.
Yes. I have seen tasks 'vanish.'
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