Taming an overwhelming list by starring items
I use my list to keep track of all the stuff I need to do at home. I use Siri to "Remind me to..." all the time. I use labels and specific naming conventions to identify areas of the home (and keep them sorted together). I use priority to show what time of day I can work on certain things.
But when the list gets long (especially if I postponed a bunch from the day before), I'm quickly overwhelmed and don't want to do anything.
So I've created a hack of sorts to give me the functionality of stars similar to Gmail.
I have a filter called *** that simply looks for "***". When the list is feeling really long, I will go through the list looking for easy items to get checked off and hit "R" to rename, right-arrow to get to the end, and then type "***"
Do that for 5-10 items, then switch to that list. Voila - a simple list of stuff I can tackle to get me in the mood to check things off.
(Added bonus - you can then zoom in with command/control-plus and have it fill your screen so you can see it from a distance.)
But when the list gets long (especially if I postponed a bunch from the day before), I'm quickly overwhelmed and don't want to do anything.
So I've created a hack of sorts to give me the functionality of stars similar to Gmail.
I have a filter called *** that simply looks for "***". When the list is feeling really long, I will go through the list looking for easy items to get checked off and hit "R" to rename, right-arrow to get to the end, and then type "***"
Do that for 5-10 items, then switch to that list. Voila - a simple list of stuff I can tackle to get me in the mood to check things off.
(Added bonus - you can then zoom in with command/control-plus and have it fill your screen so you can see it from a distance.)
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