In which situations do I need a Reminder to be set after a Due Date

[MG]

Hi everyone,

Can anyone explain me in which situations do I need a task to have a reminder date/time after the Due Date?

Since we need reminders before Start/Due date, why can it  be allowed to set after setting a Due Date.

In my opinion, if we have a Due Date set, this would constitute a constrain for reminder Date/Time, like a message "Reminder Date/Time shall be less or equal Due Date/Time".

I don´t know if I did not understand this issue well, but are there anyone who explains me this?

Thanks.

MG

[Dwight]

Hi, MG. It all depends on how you use due date. I use it in a GTD
concept, it is the date (and time?) at which it becomes no longer
possible or no longer meaningful; to perform the task. I have trouble
imagining why you would need a reminder after that.

However, some people use due date for the date on which I actually
intent to perform this task. In that case, if time has passed and the
task is still not done, it's possible that I missed it and nees a reminder

Key point in all of this: MLO provides an incredibly powerful set of
tools. How you use these tools is up to you, almost everyone has at
lease a few minor variations in methodology from each other, some people
have radically different approaches. Even if you and I could not imagine
a use for something like a post-due reminder, there could still be
someone else who has a use for it, and MLO will generally not prohibit
it just in case.

-Dwight

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[MG]

Dwight,

Thank you for your answer.

I don't need a reminder after a due date, I wonder why do I need to set a reminder after a due date, as allowed by MLO algorithm.

You answered: 

" (...) some people use due date for the date on which I actually 

intent to perform this task. In that case, if time has passed and the 

task is still not done, it's possible that I missed it and needs a reminder"

I respect your point of view, but I would change due date (even start date) so that the reminder would be set always before the new due date, and this way I would always remember that I have to perform it.

Yet, when a task is no longer meaningful it gets red, and I consider this a useful feature of MLO.

This the visual "alert" which makes me reconsider recall such tasks, and redefine them or perform as soon as possible.

I agree with your last paragraph, for sure.

MG

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