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Push task to tomorrow

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theDesignPsych 12/12/2013 18:45

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Just a suggestion that it would be great to have a quick way to push a task to tomorrow. Often I get to the end of the day with tasks left over and I push them to tomorrow but having a small icon alongside the Star and ‘Do it now’ flash icons for this would make it much easier.

Thanks

wendy_only post on 12/13/2013 03:15#2

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@theDesignPsych

Hi,

Thank you for your feedback!

We will add this feature in the next release version. We are going to release a new version on 2013/12/22.
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Folke post on 12/13/2013 13:37#3

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If you follow GTD, you typically will not need to push anything to tomorrow.

1) If the task was an appointment, meeting or other legitimately scheduled event (something that you ABSOLUTELY HAD TO get done on that day) you simply CANNOT just "push" it - this would require you to negotiate with whoever else was involved (or you would have to come up with some excuse why you failed, and perhaps cancel the task.)

2) If it was a task that can be pushed, then you should not have scheduled it for today in the first place. It should have been just a normal Next action. The whole idea of GTD is to stay flexible and adapt to the situation (context, energy etc).
AJS post on 12/13/2013 15:35#4

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Why not just drag it to tomorrow in the left menu? You can hit ctrl+click and mulit-select items if you want to move more than one.

@ Folke

I think there are probably quite a few users who don't follow GTD, or maybe only follow it loosely. Doit.im has a wealth of options so even if you're not a GTD purist you can set it up with a time context.
Folke post on 12/13/2013 16:08#5

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@AJS - I know ;-)

And there is nothing wrong with trying to cater for other kinds of users and uses than GTD. I am just trying to remind people and keep the lines clearly drawn. Doit calls itself a GTD app. I sometimes worry that Doit is moving in directions that even make it more difficult to do GTD with it. An example of such directly counterproductive features (from a GTD point of view) is the current mechanism where starred items are like "scheduled" for today and are removed from Next or Waiting.

(And much of the calendar integration and historic review stuff is of quite minimal use for someone who follows GTD. It is not directly counterproductive, as you can simply ignore it, and use it to whatever little extent is relevant to GTD, but it can be indirectly counterproductive as it teaches or encourages novice users to manage their tasks in the very way that GTD opposes so strongly.)
Folke post on 12/15/2013 14:40#6

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@wendy_only

In most cases, the problem described in @theDesignPsych's suggestion would not even arise if the star was just a star, as we have discussed in other threads (i.e. Today is not a box; every task must have a "home" box; Today is not a home etc).

IMO, starring a task should not affect any of the task's dates or any other characteristics. It should not be considered as "calendar scheduled" for today. It is simply just "starred for convenience" - from any of the regular "home lists". If a starred Next action is left on the Today list overnight it should not appear to be "late" in any way. It should just remain a starred Next action.

If it is a calendar scheduled task, e.g. a meeting that got postponed, the appropriate thing to do would typically be to reschedule it completely, not just push it one day. And if it is a "non-GTD scheduled" task, e.g "good to do on Thursday" then maybe the best approach is to leave it as a starred Next action (take away the date rather than reschedule one day? Or reschedule it completely just like a proper calendar scheduled action that gets postponed. But I honestly do not quite see the need for a "push one day" feature, not even for a non-GTD person.