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4trainpoet

I've been messing around with Smart Lists for the last few months, and the following is what I've come up with. It allows me to use due date and priority to split out tasks, without having to worry too much about which I prefer to use. It also helps to keep lists manageable, by splitting tasks into 4 groups: Today, This Week, Soon, and At Some Point...

[0] Today (due:today OR priority:1)

This is the basic "things to do" list. Nothing fancy. No overdue tasks, except those marked "!1".

[1] This Week (dueBefore:"1 week of today" OR priority:1)

This shows the above, plus the rest of the week, as well as any overdue tasks.

[2] Soon (priority:2 AND NOT list:"[1] This Week" OR dueWithin:"1 month of today" AND NOT list:"[1] This Week")

This list shows non-urgent and upcoming tasks for the following month, that don't appear in the first two lists.

[3] At Some Point (NOT list:"[1] This Week" AND NOT list:"[2] Soon")

Finally, there's everything else.

There shouldn't be any cross over (except between the first two lists) unless my terms are a bit dodgy. And if they are... by all means point it out!

Posted at 10:55pm on February 7, 2012