This sentence “ And a week, year or longer waves like cutting nails, tanking a car, renewing a passport” I initially read that the author only cuts his nails once per year. Yuck… Then I realized he was more likely giving an example of weekly. Anyone else read it that way?
What is "tanking a car"?
To-do waves
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Re: To-do waves
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Looks great! Right now we just use a Google sheet but I'm looking to upgrade. There's something I need that isn't obvious when comparing features of apps like this: I need the next due date of a recurring task to be a specified duration (say, a week) after I mark the previous occurrence as done, not when the previous occurrence was due. Example: my cat's water fountain can only be in service for a week before it must…
Thanks for the detailed info–I think what you're describing is how onit actually works. By default, when a repeating todo item is due, you'll get a daily email listing the things that are currently due. For each repeating todo item you can choose what happens when you check it off: either schedule it again based on now+interval, or on a strict schedule (e.g. always on Wednesday, always on the 15th of the month etc).…
Re: To-do waves
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
Looks great! Right now we just use a Google sheet but I'm looking to upgrade. There's something I need that isn't obvious when comparing features of apps like this: I need the next due date of a recurring task to be a specified duration (say, a week) after I mark the previous occurrence as done, not when the previous occurrence was due. Example: my cat's water fountain can only be in service for a week before it must…
Ticktick will do this. I have one called 'air filter every 3 months' and the next iteration is always exactly 90 days from when I mark the current one as done, even if I am late or early.