Deadline Dates

Tasks that must be done by a certain day need a deadline date. Deadline dates are the final day of reckoning. While hard dates ensure that “must do” tasks get started on time, deadlines help you plan and make sure they get finished on time. Deadlines also...

Deadline Dates

Most task managers let you put deadline dates in the task subject line in parentheses. There, they advise but do not control you. For project deadlines, the date goes right after the project name; for next action deadlines, it goes after the next action, like this:...

Someday/Maybe

Schedule a task to be done “someday” by setting a flag, priority, or context.

Deadline Dates

The date when a task or project must be completed, submitted, or delivered, or when it expires. (Only for “must do” or expiring tasks.)

Hard Dates

The Hard Date field must be a date, it must be optional, and it must somehow force you to pay attention to the task if it has slipped to that point. The task must actually move to the Do Today list (with or without user help) when the hard date arrives. Possible Hard...