One way to use MYN with Remember the Milk

May 7, 2011

Here is a note from a reader who is using Remember the Milk (RTM) with MYN. He show you one way to set up RTM. While I greatly prefer ToodleDo over RTM (due to support of start dates and many other reasons), if you are a die-hard RTM user, this note will be helpful.

Michael

Hi, Michael:

I bought your book for my Kindle app in my iPad2 and I like it very much. For years I’ve been using GTD, complex Outlook task and flags management, AutoFocus 4 logs, etc. and after using your MYN these weeks I feel much more effective, much less stressed and simply better and happier professional.Thank you.

I’m using Remember The Milk for iPhone/iPad/browser and I’m very happy with it. I’d like to share with you how is my set up.

I have 2 lists:

1. Now Tasks (for “page #1” of your system)

The tasks are ordered by priority. I use priority 1 (red) for my weekly SOC’s of the week, and priority 2 (blue) for Critical Now tasks. The tasks on Oportunity Now list have no priority. I don’t use the Target Now list, but it’s easy to implement with priority 3 (light blue).

With your recomendation about due dates, I rarely use them now, and when a task has a due date I type it in the name of the task. Now I’m using due dates in RTM as start dates, to implement Defer-To-Do, Defer-To-Review and Follow-Up tasks.

So I’ve created an smart search for this list that doesn’t show me the tasks with start date in the future. This is the seach:

list:”Now Tasks” AND (dueBefore:today OR due:today OR due:never)

I’ve saved it as “Now Tasks Filtered” and it’s what I use daily.

2. Over the horizon (for “page #2”)

I use this list as your basic recommendation. I plan to implement in the future the “extended review” with tags, but for now It’s working fine for me.

Regards,

Alfredo Zurdo

Madrid, Spain

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