Hi,

So I recently got my list set-up "Just Right" (like the little bears porridge) and figured I would share it.

Now I'm not very good with priorities. I find that things that are priority 1 don't actually need to be done first, but rather I just really need to do them and not postpone them. So I made my smart lists reflect this.

dueWithin:"3 days of today" OR (priority:1 AND dueWithin:"14 days of today") OR (dueWithin:"7 days of today" AND priority:2) OR (dueWithin:"5 days of today" AND priority:3)

This gives tasks that need to be done in 3 days by default. Then if I give a task a priority of 1, it'll pop up in my list 2 weeks in advance, so I can be sure I get round to it, priority 2 gives me a week of notice, and priority 3 gives me an extra couple of days (5 rather than 3).

This works best if I set my lists to be always ordered by due date.

On top of this list I then build other lists filtered by location. (Soon is my name for the first list). This gives me a nice lists telling my what I need to do dependant of where I am.

location:Work AND list:"1. Soon"

I use location rather than lists, because sometimes I need to do things at work, that aren't work related, like phone that pesky business that is only open when I need to be in the office.

Not massively complicated, but extremely effective for me.