Beware! Projects Pretending To Be Tasks

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Комментарии • 41

  • @Mike-zz5kz
    @Mike-zz5kz 2 года назад +3

    Hi Carl, this is such a good tip. I have just renamed my task from “Do tax return for year ending April 2022” (which I have been postponing for weeks) to “Finalise tax spreadsheet.” I need to pay more attention to breaking down tasks into smaller segments.

  • @maikeru86
    @maikeru86 2 года назад +1

    Finally you showed how to organise your task... I mean, first step leave into Todoist but simultaneously new note with project! 😀

  • @meeluanistyn1644
    @meeluanistyn1644 2 года назад +1

    Always useful to be reminded about the difference between projects and tasks. Now I know why my existing task 'Sort out my life' that I've yet start might possibly be a project ...

    • @Carl_Pullein
      @Carl_Pullein  2 года назад

      Yep, I'd say "sort out my life" is indeed a project :-)

  • @Itsmikevardy
    @Itsmikevardy 2 года назад +1

    Love that you’re covering this, Carl!

    • @Carl_Pullein
      @Carl_Pullein  2 года назад

      Thanks, Mike. I see this a lot in people's task lists.

  • @crthompson822
    @crthompson822 2 года назад +1

    Ok I’m getting ready for private lesson with you! So. I had no idea I could use Notes like this for something “important” like Projects ! One Very important thing is sitting endlessly in Todoist. I just paused the video and changed that. See I’m working as you go! Yes.And whilst doing it it became more clear all the different steps I need to take and suddenly it seems simpler and easier because I have a self imposed deadline of October 31 22

    • @Carl_Pullein
      @Carl_Pullein  2 года назад +3

      It will keep Todoist clean and tight and help you to make the right decisions about what best to work on.

  • @josggar
    @josggar 2 года назад +2

    Fantastic video, thanks Carl. I needed an explanation like that. 🙌🏼

  • @PASTORJ880
    @PASTORJ880 2 года назад +1

    I know your not a fan of it, but in MicroSoft To Do, I star projects and use the notes and sub tasks to track my projects. I like having them all in one place, I find the jumping to Notes or One Note and back a bit cumbersome.

    • @Carl_Pullein
      @Carl_Pullein  2 года назад +2

      As long as your system works for you, Joe. That's the important thing.

  • @mcdebugger
    @mcdebugger Год назад

    Hi Carl! In this video you mentioned exactly the same thing I'm stucking at for a long period of time. I'm using your GAPRA system and like in the case with the podcast from the video I also have my recurring areas of focus like podcasting, music production, doing RUclips videos, some recurring job tasks for my clients etc. They are actually not projects because they don't have due dates on which they could be marked as accomplished.
    The problem is I don't know where to store them. I now have some of them at the top-level of my AREAS OF FOCUS folder in my note taking app (previously I stored them under Hobbies subfolder of AREAS OF FOCUS folder), some of them reside in per client folder of my "Career and Business" folder. And also I see that in your courses and videos you have stable areas of focus folder without additional subfolders like "Music", "Filmmaking and Videos" or "Podcasting" in my case.
    How would your store information (for example podcast, video scripts, episodes lists, clients task tracking, meeting notes, photography sessions ideas, overall clients not project-divided roadmaps, business ideas)? I know for the content plan you're using Asana and you store it separately but where would you advise to put this stuff in the GAPRA hierarchy model?

    • @Carl_Pullein
      @Carl_Pullein  Год назад +1

      Hi Maksim, The only thing I use my notes for with relation to my content is content ideas. I script my podcast, and that is written in my write app (Ulysses), but the podcast questions I receive are copied and pasted into a single note in notes. These come under a project folder called content, and I have sub-folders for podcasts, RUclips videos, and blog posts.

    • @mcdebugger
      @mcdebugger Год назад

      ​@@Carl_Pullein Thank you! This is something I also made today, just for now it's in a separate "CONTENT" folder. Pleased to see that I'm thinking in one direction with you :)

  • @devarni
    @devarni 2 года назад

    Very helpful and hits the nail on the head ;) Tasks that are actually projects I also procastinate because I don't really know where to start.
    Btw... do you use Evernote more for finished projects or as a repository and for the other notes (so also planning) Apple Notes?

    • @Carl_Pullein
      @Carl_Pullein  2 года назад +1

      Evernote is where I manage my projects. Apple Notes is for quick note gathering while I am on my mobile. (Evernote is just very very slow on mobile--by the time I get a new new opened, I've forgotten what I want to write)

    • @devarni
      @devarni 2 года назад

      Yes, I see! I've been an Evernote user for 12 years but switched to Craft a few months ago, so I don't know the mobile performance. Apple Notes is of course very fast but Drafts is also excellent.

  • @swagatam8156
    @swagatam8156 2 года назад +1

    I have seen you in most videos of Todoist…for how many years have you been using Todoist? Also do you track your personal to-dos in Todoist?

    • @Carl_Pullein
      @Carl_Pullein  2 года назад +5

      I've been using Todoist for about 8 or 9 years now. And, yes, I do. I track everything in Todoist. I have one life, not two.

  • @ivomota
    @ivomota 2 года назад

    Hi Carl, really liked this video. Could you show how do you plan with Apple Notes podcast episode? Do you create a folder on Apple Notes for each episode?

    • @Carl_Pullein
      @Carl_Pullein  2 года назад +1

      Hi Ivo, I don't "plan" my podcast episodes as such. I write a script in Ulysses (usually on a Thursday) and record it on a Sunday afternoon. The only thing I keep in my notes are the questions I receive.

    • @ivomota
      @ivomota 2 года назад

      @@Carl_Pullein thank you for your answer. But you have an recurring task on Todoist for writing and recording or you just have on your calendar?

    • @Carl_Pullein
      @Carl_Pullein  2 года назад

      @@ivomota I have specific writing tasks in todoist and two to three two-hour blocks in my calendar for writing time. This means I can choose what of my writing tasks I will do in which slot.

  • @noone6953
    @noone6953 2 года назад

    Great video. Easy and simple explanation.

    • @Carl_Pullein
      @Carl_Pullein  2 года назад

      You're welcome. Glad you liked it.

  • @Champion_18-e2h
    @Champion_18-e2h Год назад

    Hi,Carl I has some differents to your system and i want ask what you opinion about that is. I am in school and i often skip the step to do tasks in the inbox, i do the taks directly in my home for today for example with homework which are to the next day.

    • @Carl_Pullein
      @Carl_Pullein  Год назад

      The only thing that matters is you are getting your work done. If there are not problems there, everything else would be a distraction.

    • @Champion_18-e2h
      @Champion_18-e2h Год назад

      @@Carl_Pullein okay ty

  • @averagemamil4523
    @averagemamil4523 2 года назад +1

    I just wish that Apple would a) allow a link from a note in the the notes app that can be pasted into other apps and b) when you do a checklist in a note , the bullets appear in Reminders. Good vid thank you 👍👏

    • @Carl_Pullein
      @Carl_Pullein  2 года назад

      Glad you liked the video.

    • @smoothneck9305
      @smoothneck9305 2 года назад

      You can create a link from Apple Notes. Click on three dots (upper right). Then ‘Share note’. Click on ‘Copy Link icon’. A window pops up to send link to email address. Don’t do that, but use ‘Copy Link’ in the upper right and paste into any app.

    • @smoothneck9305
      @smoothneck9305 2 года назад

      This is on iOS, not sure about Mac

    • @Carl_Pullein
      @Carl_Pullein  2 года назад

      @@smoothneck9305 You can do it on Mac OS too.

  • @maikeru86
    @maikeru86 2 года назад +1

    Why not Evernote? 🤔

    • @Carl_Pullein
      @Carl_Pullein  2 года назад +1

      This is my demo account, and I have Apple notes set up on this computer. I don't have Evernote on this one.

    • @maikeru86
      @maikeru86 2 года назад

      @@Carl_Pullein Oh :-)

  • @Champion_18-e2h
    @Champion_18-e2h Год назад

    what for podcast can your recommend ?

    • @Carl_Pullein
      @Carl_Pullein  Год назад

      My podcast, of course : www.carlpullein.com/podcast
      And the Productivityist : productivityist.com/category/podcast/