[brasax]

Many thanks for the input!

Got the point with the start date, but I think I should explain how I did it in the past. Also I was not looking every day into Things as long as no notification was popping up..

For example I have 3 Projects with 10 tasks. I was planning my work like, when do I have to start to do something to get my task done by a specific date. For example the report to boss as mentioned before. I can not start before a specific date, as some information is missing. The report has to be finished by Friday 11 am (in two weeks). So I would set up a task with a start date on Tuesday and the due date on Friday 11. That also means, this time is blocked for other tasks. A reminder helps me that I do not forget it.

Second projct, delivery is in 4 weeks (12.12). I have to prepare some meetings, presentations, documentation and so on. Documentation needs a week to prepare and needs to be finished by 12.12. so I need to start to work on it latest one week before. But a reminder 3 days before due is to late.

As I have a third project I'm working on right now needs all my attention, I have no time to work on the second project right now. Also the start date is set to today and due is in two weeks. This blocks then the time for other projects. As I'm focused on this one so I will set the start date of writing the documentation for the second project to 05.12. So I don't see it and to block this week for this..

Reminders would help me not forgetting tasks I have to work on. As I said, with things I got a notification to start some work, so maybe that is the point I'm a bit lost now..

For single actions I would use reminder at iOS5 as I can use Siri to save them quickly..

So, maybe my working and planning is wrong, so I should rethink about it.

Any advice would be very helpful to get some ideas to planning or for omnifocus..

Many thanks!

Brasax