[lksalkeld]

Hi everyone,

I'm a relatively new convert to OmniFocus (from Things), and in general, I am really loving the increased flexibility this program offers me. I do have one usage question, however. I have a list of several of my projects (and all the tasks therein) that need to be completed in order for my husband and I to start a family. Most of these are related to home renovations. I am wondering if you have any thoughts on how I could tag these as, say, "pre-baby" (or differentiate them somehow from other projects). It's really important that I flag these somehow because there are many renovation projects that can wait, and I want to make sure I'm prioritizing all the things that need to be done before we start our family.

I am using flags for tasks that must be completed on the present day, so I can't really flag these issues, per-se. I also already have a folder structure in place, and have assigned the appropriate contexts to the tasks, so these options aren't really available either. So what's left?

I'd appreciate any thoughts or suggestions!
Cheers!

[whpalmer4]

You can use the notes field of the projects and/or actions to place a unique identifying mark of some sort not likely to be otherwise encountered in your database, such as "PRE-BABY-PROJECT". Then, you can search for that same string with the search field in the toolbar to pull up all the matching projects/actions, and save a perspective to make that view easily accessible.

Will you be using OmniFocus to plan the actual, um, starting of your family? You should check out the "XYZ's story: OmniWhatever" postings recently on the Omni blog at http://www.omnigroup.com/blog/, maybe you could be the highlighted OmniFocus user :-)

[lksalkeld]

That's fantastic! I've used the notes function but I didn't know you could search by it. :)

As to your question... honestly, I hadn't really thought about it! I was more concerned with making sure all the right projects get done first. I'll check the posts you recommended.

Thanks again! :)