"NEXT" (or "ANYTIME") Snooze designation.
For me, there's a huge gap between "Someday" and a task that's fully scheduled.
Because there isn't a clear place to put important tasks that can't be scheduled yet, I often find myself either with:
overcrowded Today views;
pressing tasks I randomly snooze or schedule to appear later, just because I can't finish them today;
an Inbox I haven't fully processed because I can't decide quite where/when things go (which leaves important stuff intermixed with things that just haven't been processed); or
a huge Someday folder full of too many items that I actually want to work in ASAP.
A Next or Anytime designation and folder would be fantastic for a tight list of ASAP items that just don't belong on any one day yet -- eg., something new that's landed on the desk before I've made room for it, or the list of important things just below the Absolutely Today priority.
Any consideration for a solution to categorizing tasks that don't yet belong on the calendar but are too pressing to risk burying in Someday?
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S
Aug 7, 2024
💯 exactly this
saunter
May 16, 2024
I have identical experience. Someday are too hidden and hard to access and tend to die in the void of time. A workaround would be to create a special tag for those
Dodge
May 17, 2024
saunter Yep, that's it exactly. It often leaves me nervous I'll lose track of something big that doesn't have a home yet on the calendar.
Jeson P
May 20, 2024
Dodge: I usually set a recurring task once every 2 weeks on my calendar to check Someday page! This might help you too! But in general I get your point. We will check on this :)
Mar 22, 2024
Dodge
Mar 23, 2024
Stefania: Thank you!! :)
Nov 11, 2024
Hi everyone,
We just released a new version of Akiflow with some huge changes!
We removed the Snooze feature (no worries, no tasks are lost and ‘Someday’ it’s still there!) and added Time Frames, reviewing completely the Upcoming view, the Plan options and the Rituals (adding weekly ones as well).
You can find here the list of today’s updates: https://product.akiflow.com/changelog.
So you can now plan tasks for "this week" or "this month" and get back at them whenever you can.
Let me know what you think about the new release and what we can improve for you.
Thanks,
Stefania
Dodge
Nov 11, 2024
Stefania🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏�
Dodge
Mar 31, 2024
One more thought on this to consider: The most important part of a "Next" or "On Deck" designation would be that it was used well rather than becoming a pile of postponed tasks we mean to do but never get to. One idea might be either to limit the number of tasks that would be allowed to be put into it (maybe the user can choose that number in Settings). This would help keep that list really tight. Another idea would be to regularly prompt the user to review that list, perhaps during the Daily Review or with a pop-up prompt. You could even flag items with the number of days they'd been waiting. None of this is needed for the folder to be helpful, but I bet folks would appreciate a nudge for these important items. :)