Daniel Westergren
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This is obviously done differently in different tools. But I'm just looking for general advice from those who are more experienced with the GTD workflow. My questions are regarding date, recurring projects/actions and today view.
The software I'm using (Amazing Martin) has start date, schedule date (= do date), due date and end date (= soft due date or artificial deadline), for both projects and actions. Both projects and actions can be recurring, but recurring projects must contain at least one action.
Recurring projects get a start date, recurring tasks instead get a schedule date (although it will be possible to have tasks get start date instead later on). For each action of a recurring project I can choose to automatically set a schedule date for that action X days after the new instance of the project is created.
In both cases I can optionally choose a due date and/or end date (soft due date) X days after a new instance of the project/action is created.
I use a Today view to show all actions that are to be done today (basically actions due within X days or scheduled for today + actions that I star myself).
My questions:
1) What would a recommended GTD workflow be for recurring projects and recurring actions? Would you use both use recurring projects and recurring single actions? Should they get a start date (that is, not necessarily displaying in today view) or a schedule date (which would make the single actions or actions of that project show in today view)? Or could you see the use for both start date and schedule date for recurring projects and actions, depending on when the action(s) has to be done?
2) Projects and actions with a start date are basically tickler items. Would you show them in today view to get your attention (even if they may not have to be done today), in a separate tickler view (for new actions with a recent start date) or simply just having them show up in the Next Actions list whenever their start date has come?
Thanks!
The software I'm using (Amazing Martin) has start date, schedule date (= do date), due date and end date (= soft due date or artificial deadline), for both projects and actions. Both projects and actions can be recurring, but recurring projects must contain at least one action.
Recurring projects get a start date, recurring tasks instead get a schedule date (although it will be possible to have tasks get start date instead later on). For each action of a recurring project I can choose to automatically set a schedule date for that action X days after the new instance of the project is created.
In both cases I can optionally choose a due date and/or end date (soft due date) X days after a new instance of the project/action is created.
I use a Today view to show all actions that are to be done today (basically actions due within X days or scheduled for today + actions that I star myself).
My questions:
1) What would a recommended GTD workflow be for recurring projects and recurring actions? Would you use both use recurring projects and recurring single actions? Should they get a start date (that is, not necessarily displaying in today view) or a schedule date (which would make the single actions or actions of that project show in today view)? Or could you see the use for both start date and schedule date for recurring projects and actions, depending on when the action(s) has to be done?
2) Projects and actions with a start date are basically tickler items. Would you show them in today view to get your attention (even if they may not have to be done today), in a separate tickler view (for new actions with a recent start date) or simply just having them show up in the Next Actions list whenever their start date has come?
Thanks!