Throw away the to-do list
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roryc99
I'd like to be able to add tasks to a calendar, so that I can throw away my to-do list!
I hate to-do lists, they just stress me out with all the stuff I have to do.
The best I've read about productivity is to throw away the to-do list, and use a calendar instead.
The problem I have is in sorting out what are my priorities and how to fit them in.
I'd like a visual method of sorting my tasks for the week, where I can fit them into a calendar of the week.
Anything that doesn't fit isn't going to happen this week, and I can put them into a date in the future. So I know everything has a time it will get done and I am not trying to fit too much in. Sort of like fitting pieces into a jigsaw.
Recurring tasks could be plotted into the calendar, and times blocked out for meetings, unavailability etc.
Can you do this for me, please, toodledo?
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Alexander N. Spitzer
What you are describing is kind of a completely different product than toodledo.
That being said, there is a scheduling feature in toodledo that you might find useful.
You should read David Allen's book on GTD (getting things done), or just google GTD to get quick synapses.
Essentially the GTD methodology is the opposite of the calendar methodology. Instead, you want to get away from using the calendar. And as an previously avid calendar user, I can confirm that this is not a great way to complete tasks. EXAMPLE: I would set all kinds of calendar entries like "get X done" at 12pm on Friday. The alarm would go off and I would acknowledge it... but since I was in the middle of something, I would think "I'll do that as soon as I am done with what I am doing"... and then 30m later, I forgot about other task, and it never got done because there was no constant place to view it.
With GTD, you instead write things down in the "Inbox" as soon as you think of them quickly. That way, you dont have to worry about remembering anything. Then daily through the "Inbox" and better define what it was you quickly jotted down. You then plan out when things get done. Daily you looks at your calendar to see what you have planned, and you reassess what can get done from the todo list.
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roryc99
Here are some links to the advice to schedule, not use to-do lists