The treading water window is my main window. The goal for me in getting things done is in getting past treading water. I try not to have more than 5 flagged at any one time (I often break this rule, ah well). One flagged project I want to get done (music, video games … ) (minimized)įlagged projects are those that I want to remain in my consciousness.One flagged project I need to get done (usually work related …) (minimized).General Project View (just to have readily accessible).The main window and my center of focus: “General” aka treading-water which is basically a checklist that if I get it done, I’ll have tread water successfully (bleh).There are usually at least 2-4 windows open : These tasks can be as simple as “check the mail” or complex like “work on billing” – broken down into individual tasks, etc … It is a good skeleton structure around which everything can revolve. Some of these are on repeat – daily, weekly or otherwise. My main focus in using OmniFocus is to get past treading water and instead into projects I need to do and, better yet, those I really enjoy.įor most tasks, I assign a start date to things I want to do today. Carrying that mindset into OmniFocus can help a lot. The GTD method is excellent in that it respects the extremely valuable resource of attention. OmniFocus is an excellent program which is likely the one I use most (even including my internet browser).įor a basic guide, I refer the reader to the video at the Omnifocus page linked above. There are likely many ways of using the task management software OmniFocus, but as I’ve been using it for a while, I’ve adapted my own methods and thought it worthwhile to make mention of them. The following began as a comment to a thread over at the OmniFocus blog …
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