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In essence, how do you filter out stuff you don’t want to see because they’re sequential? I see people commenting using checklists inside tasks which is super useful, but what if something really is huge enough for its own task? You mention using Tags for this so it doesn’t show up on your list. I’ve gone back and forth at least two dozen times, while ultimately going back to OmniFocus because of this limitation (or what I see as a limitation I’m probably simply doing it wrong). I’m still using OmniFocus while lurking in this sub to hopefully be able to make the switch. I would love for you to elaborate on this. I mean this really helps to change habits and end pointless system maintenance for it’s own sake. So, I moved on to do something useful instead tinkering with task system. I recently had that stupid itch to go and play with my GTD-ish system, to tinker a bit (shout out to OF sequential projects and single action lists!), but I realized quickly that there is not much to tinker with and Things has very few knobs. It quickly becomes invisible as the most natural way is usually the way to do something in Things.įunny thing is that Things are not well suited for pointless tinkering. But going deeper into Things 3 I am truly amazed how well designed the app is, that is how natural it is. So I guess that I’m another one who switched from OF but never looked back. But I totally get that for someone who operates in highly structured environment, where tasks are clearly defined and require one specific resource/person/tool to complete them, tags might work. What is my tag then? Agendas? Agendas/Person name? Office? Email? Skype? I might meet someone at the coffee machine, or set up a quick meeting or I can call that person. I mean I could do it by email, but also, so many other ways. I work in marketing and sometimes my task is, for example, to follow up on a project in my office. I get by with minimal or no tagging because of nature of my work I guess. And that is a good thing because sometimes in OF it was extra work to think about suitable tag. The way the app is designed stopped me from forcing myself to assign tags. Things 3 made me almost forget about tags. If I wish, I can assign in to a project within that area, or I might not.Īnother thing that might require you to change muscle memory after switching from OF, is tags. Come to think of it, it’s just super natural: I have a „personal „ area of focus, and a task just falls into that area.

It might be the tiny feature, but discovering that reduced friction for me. So I discovered that tasks in Things 3 can be added to an area, not only to a project. I mean, having the project called „personal - misc” just feels awkward. Then I made the Switch to Things 3, I have set those projects too. The „Misc” projects contained all those tasks that fall into AoF but not necessarily to specific projects. In OF I used to set up those type of projects in each Area of Focus folder. for tasks that fall into AoF, but no specific project. One of those is setting up projects called „miscellaneous” or similar. There is some habits that you might consider changing while both feet in Things.

Whatever works I guess, there is no one size fits all solution. It also seems like OF has a visual language and feature logic that seems suited for engineer type of person.

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I could imagine someone with many professional roles and super complicated projects to take full advantage of OF.

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From my perspective tasks get buried in the system and software gets in the way. But OF looks to me like a cockpit of an airliner. OF certainly is a great piece of software. What surprised me, and not many people mention is OF has a decent outlining capability, with ability to collapse nested tasks. OF is great, as it has so many really useful features, such as location based reminders. Before I made the jump I decided to learn the shit out of OF just to make sure before I pay for another app. Hi, I recently switched from Omnifocus to Things.