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Juha Pääkkö

06 Aug, 2010 11:41 AM via web

I wish there was some way to make certain tasks repeatable. I have a hard time remembering even simple things sometimes, and although not something discussed in the GTD methodology, I remind myself to do these things with the GTD system, i.e. "Do 10 pushups" or "Empty / Fill dishwasher". These are tasks I do daily, and need some kind of reminder to do, and I don't want to type them in for each day, so making tasks repeatable would help me a lot! Thanks!

  1. 2 Posted by metude on 06 Aug, 2010 11:57 AM

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    I'm looking for this... Nice suggestion.

  2. Support Staff 3 Posted by Elbert McLaughlin on 06 Aug, 2010 01:51 PM

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    Recurring tasks is high on our list of features to implement next.
    http://help.nirvanahq.com/faqs/site-updates/whats-next

    Thanks for posting, and stay tuned... :-)

  3. 4 Posted by metude on 06 Aug, 2010 01:56 PM

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    Good to see there... When will you release next version, approximate?

  4. 5 Posted by Lasse on 06 Aug, 2010 02:15 PM

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    @Juha: I use Scheduled as a workaround until recurring tasks are implemented. When I complete a daily task, I just drag it to scheduled and set the date for tomorrow. Works well-enough (for me at least).

  5. 6 Posted by Lasares on 10 Aug, 2010 03:12 PM

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    For daily recurring task, I use a trick that may suit some of you.

    I group such daily recurring tasks together in the Today list and, as I go
    through them, I click them as done but leave them in the Today list (I don't
    archive them nor move them anywhere else).

    At the beginning of each day, I go through my Today list and manually
    archive the items I did on the previous day which are not recurring (which
    is a good way to remind me of what is being accomplished), while I
    "reactivate" the recurring items (unmarking them as done).

    In a way, this is part of my daily review, just before I add new items to my
    Today list.

    On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 10:17, Lasse <
    ***@tenderapp.com<tender%***@tenderapp.com>
    > wrote:

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