Soft Dates

Your first, best guess of when you want to do a task. (Due Date in Entourage. Required unless Someday/Maybe.)

Soft Dates

All tasks require a soft date (aka “loose goal date”) to be properly scheduled and processed, except for Someday/Maybe tasks. Choose this date intuitively—your first impression of when you might want to do it, based on what you know right now. The...

Soft Dates

The Soft Date field does not need to be an actual date, but you need to be able to sort or group tasks by the soft date. Because the soft date is a loose goal and not a requirement, soft dates must not trigger task reminders or overdue notices. It must be possible to...

Bad Things May Happen

Bad Things [bæd thîngs]; noun  An accute sense of impending doom is a bad thing. See also: panic attacks, late fees, lost profits

Bad Things May Happen

“Bad things” includes late fees, missed deadlines, lost opportunities, and embarrassment. Give the task a hard date if any of these are possible, and pick the date by which you must start the task or next action to avoid the consequences.