Killing "Zombie" Tasks
"Zombie" tasks, for me, are tasks that I will probably never complete after creating them. Either I'll never see them again, because I forgot to tag them and I always review tasks starting from the tag cloud; or I'll never complete them because they don't have a due date and I only focus on tasks that are coming due soon.
I should never create "Zombie" tasks at all...but you know how things go...sometimes you get sloppy.
To kill "zombie" tasks, I created a smart list called Zombie with tasks matching isTagged:false OR due:never. My goal is for this list to be EMPTY. Once in a while, I look at this list and try to get it to be empty by assigning tasks in this list either a tag or a due date if either is missing. (Tasks need both a tag and a due date to vanish from this list.)
If I can't figure out what the tag or due date for a task should be then I delete it because I don't really need to do it!
I should never create "Zombie" tasks at all...but you know how things go...sometimes you get sloppy.
To kill "zombie" tasks, I created a smart list called Zombie with tasks matching isTagged:false OR due:never. My goal is for this list to be EMPTY. Once in a while, I look at this list and try to get it to be empty by assigning tasks in this list either a tag or a due date if either is missing. (Tasks need both a tag and a due date to vanish from this list.)
If I can't figure out what the tag or due date for a task should be then I delete it because I don't really need to do it!
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Love the "zombie" tip! You're this week's Tips & Tricks Tuesday winner, and we've added a free year of Pro to your Remember The Milk account. :)
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