![]() ![]() You have the option of manually deferring the same task using ‘Reschedule to Tomorrow’, which defers it until the next day. With these tasks which have just a defer date and ‘Repeat on completion’, once they become available they can sit there for as long as you like no pressure to perform them. If … I don’t do the thing and only notice it the next day, my natural instinct is to use “skip this occurrence”, which is in fact what I actually did. Is this correct or am I missing something? The rule seems to be: when a daily repeating action was not done the previous day, if it has an “Assigned Date” it must be skipped, if it repeats on “Completion” it must be deferred. If I use “Completion”, and the task isn’t done, it must be deferred, never skipped. So, to be able to skip the occurrence of a task not done yesterday, I must use “Assigned Date”, but then, some other time, I can’t defer the action to the next day without creating a duplicate. I had noticed this before but thought each time that I had done something wrong so this time I was careful.Īfter having reread the October thread, it seems that this would not happen if the repeat was set to “Assigned Date”. But no, it was sent to tomorrow, which I didn’t find very logical. This happened today and I expected to find it waiting to be done today. ![]() ![]() However, if for some reason, I don’t do the thing and only notice it the next day, my natural instinct is to use “skip this occurrence”, which is in fact what I actually did. I do want to avoid making duplicates.įrom that time on, I have been using “repeat on completion” for daily repeating tasks. ![]() In both cases, it will show up the next day. Should I make them repeat every day on completion or on assigned dates?Įither way, I can skip an occurrence, or just defer it to the next day. What is the best method for tasks that I want to see every day and, if possible, do them, but that I can skip if other things come up and I don’t have the time? With storage space being so cheap these days it's no big deal to leave dead wood like Reminders laying around - as long as it doesn't have any security holes.Repeating daily tasks: on completion or on assigned dates? OmniFocus for Mac I imagine Apple doesn't even have a team working on it. It does so little, as far as I can tell it does not even integrate with Calendar. I love Apple, but Reminders seems like an ugly wart that should have been excised or replaced two or three iOS/macOS versions ago. Seeing what tools like OmniFocus are able to do also reminds me of how pathetic Apple's own Reminders app really is. Android support is good to have as well, and web support is always a backstop if there is no native app available for a supported operating system. I always shoot for Windows, Mac, Linux, and iOS compatibility. Cross platform access is a big deal for me. But for smaller projects, agile teams, personal/home projects, and to-do lists I've found Trello (and comparable tools that can scale to support team collaboration) are often good enough and at least worth trialing. If you're doing commercial construction, aerospace/military projects, medical systems, etc., I'm sure the bigger ticket tools are essential. The end result from a productivity and delivery standpoint doesn't appear to be much different and the lightweight tools seem to fit the agile approach somewhat better. After years of using complex and highly integrated tools for prioritizing, managing, and scheduling work, e.g., MS Project, Microsoft TFS, I've seen the pendulum swing back the other way towards very simple and low overhead Kanban oriented tools like whiteboards (with Post-Its as needed), Trello, and Slack. OmniFocus is undoubtedly a very powerful GTD oriented tool for folks who have to manage a lot of complexity in their daily lives. ![]()
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