#Omnifocus contexts examples how to

I don’t need a daily reminder that I’m waiting on something thats not going to happen for a while. By setting the start date two weeks out, I get the whole project out of my way. For example, maybe I’m waiting on something that definitely won’t occur for the next two weeks. In some cases, I know I’m going to be waiting for a while. A simple waiting perspective lets you regularly review, at a glance, every active project that’s currently in suspense (see below).You’re able to build out a series of actions that will be triggered once the waiting is over. You free your mind to work other things in your control.You consciously acknowledge things that are beyond your control.

Benefits of tracking the stuff you’re waiting on Whenever I put a project on the shelf because the ball’s not in my court, the next action’s context is ‘Waiting’.Ĭhecking the waiting task off in a sequential project is like puncturing a preservative film and releasing all the fresh, active goodness back out. The ‘Waiting’ context is the Saran wrap in my OmniFocus workflow. Normally I begin such tasks “Waiting for…” 1

It might be someone, some event, or for the completion of some other project. I have an OmniFocus context specifically for tasks where I’m waiting on something.

#Omnifocus contexts examples how to

One of the most useful things I learned from Kourosh Dini’s book Creating Flow with OmniFocus was not how to act, but how to wait. opportunities for different approaches to the problem are missed.people forget what they were waiting on.When things can’t go forward until someone else acts, But we all know waiting usually means coming unglued. Here, on this planet, sometimes we have to wait (on others). That’s not how life on earth is parameterized, though, is it? In the ostensibly ideal world of the DIYer, every next action would depend solely on him.