> So I have tasks which I should do daily, and the dilemma always is,
> do I clutter my whole list of tasks with them, or have an "aggregate
> task" that has them all in the note?  For example, "Get ready for
> tomorrow" has parts such as, "charge my phone", "shutdown outlook so
> backups will work", "make coffee/set timer".

> But the next day if I don't mark them off, I really don't want to be
> checking off all of these, so I've had them as a note on the task,
> which isn't ideal.

> So here is the set-up I'm trying out:

> Get ready for tomorrow (auto recur when all are complete, reset all
> to uncomplete, alarm)
>        charge my phone (hidden)
>        shutdown outlook so backups will work (hidden. alarm)
>        make coffee/set timer (hidden)
>        look through tasklist (hidden)

> Now -- Because the parent's active status ignores the "hide-in-todo"
> tasks below it as if they weren't there for the purpose of
> calculating active status, the only task that shows up on my tasklist
> is "Get ready for tomorrow", and if I complete it, all of the
> children get reset.  But if I look in Outline or have a view that
> includes these tasks (they all have a context of "Routine"), I'll see
> all the children, and can mark them off individually, and if I do,
> the parent will also get completed. The alarms still work, even
> though the tasks are hidden.

> Anyway, I'm just starting to play with it but I think it is going to
> help me solve a little issue I've had for a while so I thought I would share :)

> Lisa

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> Lisa Stroyan, mailto:lstro...@gmail.comhttp://www.empathic-parenting.com