how does duplicating repeating tasks work
Duplicating repeating tasks has often created for me a new set of repeating tasks. I'm trying to use Mark Forster Getting Everything Done method, in which you work on a task, dont finish it, mark it complete, and duplicate for later. I find this very useful for big tasks that need several work cycles, as well as for tasks that involve several steps including checking up later. It's the duplicate part I need help with for repeating tasks.
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
Hi nah.why,
Yes, duplicating would copy a new task, so it would be a separate repeating series: changes to one of the tasks wouldn't affect the duplicated task.
I'm not familiar with that method (going on my list to read about!) but it seems like repeating and duplicating may not mix well depending on your uses for repeating tasks.
Keep us posted on what you're finding when these are duplicated, any problems you're seeing!
Yes, duplicating would copy a new task, so it would be a separate repeating series: changes to one of the tasks wouldn't affect the duplicated task.
I'm not familiar with that method (going on my list to read about!) but it seems like repeating and duplicating may not mix well depending on your uses for repeating tasks.
Keep us posted on what you're finding when these are duplicated, any problems you're seeing!
Consider this use case:
Renew subscription every year, due today 03/15/2017.
I have to contact them to ask a question before renewal.
So I do contact them.
Want to mark that task complete, and yet also have this task due 1-2 days to followup on their response.
And this is a task that repeat every year.
I suppose if the sub-task is the same every year, I can just use sub-tasks. Haven't tried out sub-tasks yet.
But contacting them might be a this-year only issue.
So in that case what would you suggest? Just another, new task, outside of the repeating task, for contacting them?
Renew subscription every year, due today 03/15/2017.
I have to contact them to ask a question before renewal.
So I do contact them.
Want to mark that task complete, and yet also have this task due 1-2 days to followup on their response.
And this is a task that repeat every year.
I suppose if the sub-task is the same every year, I can just use sub-tasks. Haven't tried out sub-tasks yet.
But contacting them might be a this-year only issue.
So in that case what would you suggest? Just another, new task, outside of the repeating task, for contacting them?
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
Hi nah.why,
I can see how duplicating would be useful in that situation. Yes, another new task or a subtask might help in that case as well, or as another option you could postpone the task itself if you wanted to put it off a bit before completing it.
I can see how duplicating would be useful in that situation. Yes, another new task or a subtask might help in that case as well, or as another option you could postpone the task itself if you wanted to put it off a bit before completing it.