recurring tasks-concept?

Hi, let's see if we can help here

>Hello. I'm just starting out and somewhat confused...I'm
>trying for instance to put in my job--I work 4 days a week,
>M-Th. If I set the recurrence to routinely, then it always
>says "overdue" which doesn't quite make sense...

This depends on the period of repeat and the "lead time" you set. If you repeat every day and have a lead time of a day, then you are immediately ready to start again as soon as you check off.

> 2nd part to
>that question has to do w/ settings on the top level folder,
>in this case the name of the job, as opposed to the settings
>for subfolders...I tried to maybe make a tast for each day of
>work, but it feels like maybe that's overkill. Then there

Tasks should be to do with what you do, not when you do them. If you must use day-based tasks, then either you should use the calendar to schedule them, or use day-based places. Without knowing the specifics of your work, I can't say which is best, but I would lean towards using the calendar myself. YMMV, as they say.

>are tasks like"maintain and improve skills" which doesn't
>really have a date--I just want to commit to periodically
>reading up on/practicing skills. Again, the recurrence thing
>makes it always overdue, or if I set it to "once" that takes
>it away, but don't know how that then affects the rest of the
>program as I don't do it once, I want to do 1-2times a
>month...

Set it to repeat monthly with a one week lead time. That way it will appear in your todo list two weeks after you check it off, getting to full strength one week later. Assuming a four week month :-).

Cheers

KeithC