Re: Re[2]: OT sidetracked sisters

On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Brenda <[email protected]> wrote:

>   Hello Tom,
>



Hello Brenda,

>  Saturday, April 11, 2009, 3:04:25 AM, you wrote:
>
> > In many places in my personal system, I have called a certain kind of
> stack
> > a "SHE". In S.H.E., one would take the front card, do it, and put it at
> the
> > back of the list so the card could cycle to the front again. What I use
> is
> > a list that acts like their index cards, the way the cards would cycle to
> > the front -- I take the top item, do it, and move the item to the bottom
> of
> > the list so it can cycle to the top again.
>
> How do you handle cards that might need different frequencies? For example
> something might only need to be done once every six months so it would seem
> it would come to the top of your stack at the wrong time.
> .
>
>
Well, how do the cards handle that?  If I stuck a "2/Y" (twice a year) card
in my old card system, it probably *would* come to the top at the wrong
time.  Basically, if it was tied to a date, I'd write something on my
calendar instead.

For most such tasks, what I would do is write a "do this thing twice a year"
card, and try to find the right spot in the stack for it, then I would also
write a "do that card" note on the calendar.  If the card surfaced too
early, I would stick it in the stack again so I'd get to it later, about the
right time.  OTOH, if the date came and the card had not surfaced, I'd dig
through the cards and find it.

Electronically, that is easier.  You can stick the ETA time somewhere in the
record when you file it, and do a search at the right time.

Tom


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