I do leave checked items showing (Preferences > Viewing options > Show checked items) because it lets me progress throughout the day when I go back to that main list.Īt the end of the day, I’ll delete everything completed, and if I have any items left in that day that I didn’t complete (happens all too often, I’m afraid), I’ll either roll them over to the next day, or reassess what to do with them entirely. I found that previously I’d navigate back to the specific day’s list, and then start looking at/thinking about all the other things on my list for today - now I can just bounce straight to the next one and ignore everything else. I recently discovered the keyboard shortcut to do this directly (cmd-shift-]) and it’s been a huge win for me. Once I’m done, I will in fact check it off (cmd-enter) and then navigate to the next item on the list. It serves as a constant reminder whenever I see it, that I’m supposed to still be addressing that item, otherwise I’d have checked it off. I’ll leave Dynalist in my second monitor, in that view, while I’m working on that item. Sidebar collapsed, this is the only thing I can see. If there’s a relevant link for an item, I’ll add that in the Notes field (shift-enter), so that I can quickly open/jump to it when I get to that item.ĭuring the day, I try to focus in on a single thing, so I navigate to the specific item I’m working on, and my view will look something like this:įocus on a single item. I put things in rough time order for the day, so my lists are both numbered and have checkboxes (cmd-shift-c to toggle checkboxes). I take a quick look at my calendar and add an entry for any scheduled meetings, 1:1s, etc. being able to refer back to things) in maintaining a lot of metadata.Įither at the end of each day, or the beginning of a new one, I try to spend a few minutes and map out what I’ll be doing that day, in the appropriate list ( Work > TODO > Daily > Tuesday). Since I delete a lot of my items (see below) I don’t find too much value (e.g. I use some #tags but not very consistently. To support scheduled tasks (using the !date notation), I sync Dynalist with my Google Calendar (Pro feature), so those items show up in my calendar along with other appointments, and remind me when it’s time to do them.Ī lot of my entries involve interactions with people, and I mostly use to refer to people consistently. I keep an entry for them each in this list, and make sure that they recreate entries when I cross them off. Periodic / Scheduled: I have some things that I just want to make sure that I do, and they are on schedules less frequent than weekly.That event repeats at 3pm on Fridays, and when I check it off it automatically adds a new one ready for next week. I have a single repeating event on Friday to write up and post some “weekly notes”, a habit I maintain internally to keep colleagues informed with what I’m up to. Each of the days just contain everything I’m doing that day. Daily: Here I have a sub-list for each weekday, which I set as H2 headings.It is set as my Dynalist inbox, so when I hit cmd-ctrl-i I can add directly to it from anywhere.
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