Outlining "fun"
First, thanks to all of you who have posted your suggestions for using LB. The discussion on setting top-level goals was especially helpful.
I would really appreciate some suggestions/insight on how to outline the things that come under "fun".
Currently I have some general areas of what I'd call fun... creativity, music, fine arts, TV and movies -- which are showing up on my to-do list because I don't have sub-tasks.
I don't really need any encouragement to do fun stuff... if anything, it's the opposite. So I don't really want it to show up on my to-do lists.
But I do feel the need to track time spent on recreation, so that I can look at my pie graph and say, "Enough fun already -- get to work!"
I've thought of just having a general "do something fun" task that recurs "routinely"... every few days, possibly. I've considered creating a place called "fun" so it stays off my other to-do lists. It would show up on the "anyplace" list, but I think I could live with that.
Also, if I check a task off as "completed" in the outline view, does LB add it to the list of accomplishments?
Thanks,
Marcy
Comments
Scheduling "fun"
I know what you're talking about. I played around with a few methods, including making a place called "fun" but I found it works best for me to schedule fun tasks as repeating tasks, then fool around with the frequency until it seems right. I don't think any of my fun tasks have a lead time, so they don't show up early on my to-do list.
A few things like "read a good book" I don't do enough, so I put that on my "daily" place. My life is better when I take time to read instead of other mindless things.
If you check a task off as completed in the outline view, it does get added to the list of accomplishments the next time you update.
Recording Fun
Marcy,
There's a technique I picked up from a user earlier on the boards that I use for this exact purpose. Create a task called "Fun" or "Relax" or "Leisure Time" what have you. Set the place to Anywhere and the importance to Not very (about 1/5 of slider bar).
Set the time to routinely every 0 minutes with a lead time of 0 minutes.
What this will do is have this task appear at the bottom of all you lists and will reappear after you check it off. You can set the effort slider to reflect the "amount of fun" you had. I happen to use time with the effort bar representing 4 hours so a two-hour movie would be an effort level of 1/2.
This task can be aligned under a TLI that helps you reflect your desired balance. In mine, it is under "Sharpen the Saw" from my adaptation of the Covey methodology.
Best,
Hawaiisempi