Hi, I'm also only using start dates, here's why: - for the tasks that have a specified duration, I use Calendar - most of my tasks have "Due" dates, which are totally created by me. In this case, the "Overdue" task seems like a false alert. - Many tasks makes sense only in a specific timeframe, so I don't want them to appear in my to do list earlier. - Due date encourages last minute problem solving. I want to set up the earliest time when I can work with a task and then see it in my list and not wait until it's Due. - yes, every task theoretically have a Due date, however for daily task management most of these dates are not important. As in the example above, I don't care that task will become irrelevant when "my daughter finishes school and leaves home". If I decide to dedicate some time to "consider enrolling my daughter in a new sports club" for tomorrow, I will specify the Start date as Tomorrow. It will appear in the list then, and will stay until I will complete or potspone it.
Cheers. On Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 9:58:15 AM UTC+3, Huw Evans wrote: > > Hi - I'd love to know how you're using start date for tasks. It obviously > seems important to you, but I've never needed it. The way I approach tasks > is very schedule focused, so I'm interested in what I need or plan to do > today. So a couple of examples: > 1. wash car - this is a repeating task, due every 2 weeks. So it pops up > in my list when due. > 2. pay gas bill - this is a repeating task every 3 months, again it'll pop > up when due. > 3. create dashboard report - this is a task that will take me about 2 > weeks to complete, doing 30 min or 1 hour work chunks every 2-3 days. So I > create a master task for the overall job, then sub-tasks for a work chunk. > I can use the next action to see the next work chunk and keep completing > those until just the master task remains - when hopefully it's done :) > This last task is one where I could mark it as started, but I've never > understood what value that gives me. Is this where you would use this > field? > > My next question is, why would you want a task that repeats by start date, > not due date. May be answered by above. > > Thanks. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/0cf897ea-0a5e-4eb6-bd44-91d5b36bc901%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
