Todoist's Brilliant Take On The Calendar View.

[@SeeEyeEh]

Once you start to do it, you’ll realize just how helpful this actually is. One tip, Carl, is instead of removing the time, just drag it to the very top of the today view where the “all day” section is, and it’ll automatically remove that time for you.

[@Carl_Pullein]

Thank you for sharing that.

[@garywilson4579]

Great video Carl as always, thanks. I have been trying this out recently too, and a great thing I found is that you can expand a task once you add it into the calendar for as long as you estimate that task to take (if you are so inclined) by hovering over it and then dragging with your cursor. Very handy for a visual person like myself, because I can better tell if the time block I'm allocating the tasks too is long enough to complete then all. Having said that it would be great if the we could have "Tomorrow" view in the same way, so if you plan for the next day at the end of the day (and rightly so) you can easily drag everything into place - now that is something that will make this view/function even better! Hopefully that is on Todoist's radar. Thanks again.

[@Carl_Pullein]

I've always struggled with "estimating" how. long a task will take. Even after ten years of writing weekly blog posts, the first draft can take anywhere from forty-five minutes to two-hours depending on how tired I am or how many interruptions I get. Now, I no longer bother trying to estimate.

[@garywilson4579]

@@Carl_Pullein Yep great point Carl, I must admit, some (ok maybe more than some :) ) of my tasks run over my estimates but there are others that 95% of the time I can nail down. Some interesting things happening with Evernote calendar now too I see.

[@JeromeFe]

For replanning You can set upcoming to have a weekly calendar view then jump between views using GU & GT

[@Xuantuyen-705]

don't try to complicate everything. just set timeblock and work. the most important thing is action.❤

[@Carl_Pullein]

Absolutely. Well said.

[@CL-lifestyle24]

Does anyone know if this is two way sync between Google Calendar and Todoist? The old integration allow the Todoist tasks to be seen on te Google Calendar platform. By removing the old integration, the project calendars disappear on Google Calendar itself.

[@modestbukowski]

I don't see the value in this step. You have them already grouped and labeled in your today view and you have your certain time slot set on your calendar? If 09:00-11:00 is admin time, you just focus on the admin tasks in ToDoist? I think it just adds another unnecessary step that doesn't add value but its falling into planning fallacy rather than action. It's great that ToDoist have added a calendar and all but your system is already simple enough and works, just stick to it.

[@Carl_Pullein]

I agree, which is why I said I do not do this myself.

[@JeromeFe]

I think this new feature is more for use of people who like to plan their task inside calendar, which involves estimating and sizing the duration of their tasks which Carl doesn’t do / show it in the video.

[@modestbukowski]

@@JeromeFe I know. Bur Carl has already time blocked in his calendar based on labels. Just dragging the tasks to the time slot when it already says what label it is in ToDoist doesn't add anything.

[@torspedia]

I'm gradually moving my calendar from Google (trying to escape them as much as possible) to Todoist, especially as I consider events to be tasks. My calendar needs are pretty simple, at the moment. The only issue I have at the moment is recurring events/tasks, as you can't seem to adjust any that overlap... until the day of said event!

[@dplj4428]

Appreciate your hands on. I have to wonder if these features are only in the web or desktop version?

[@Carl_Pullein]

These are experimental features. They should be rolling out in the next week or two.

[@sdhillon901]

Can you make video on how to schedule time during the day for area of focus tasks

[@Carl_Pullein]

Hmm, these should be predefined and already in your system. Your area of focus tasks are your most important tasks, you do not want to be "hoping" you will find time for them.

[@wildcat189]

I don't see the today view the way you do - what version are you using? I have a pro license.

[@Carl_Pullein]

I have the latest version of pro. I'm using the Todoist app on Mac OS

[@emmaturner2558]

What happens tomorrow? so the task that you’ve dragged in to complete today, if they don’t get completed do they stay on the calendar on the day that you dragged them in or do they go back into your to-do list because they were not marked as completed so you can time block them again?

[@Carl_Pullein]

They will show up in your overdue area. When you do your planning for the next day, you can reschedule them.

[@JeromeFe]

Press GU go to Upcoming view , set it as calendar weekly view and it will show you the bigger picture make some adjustments to your week schedule, Then press GT (Go to Today) and continue working

[@JoshuaSteele]

Hey Carl, thanks for the video! I just wanted to let you know that I do not see the video card at the end that links to your Todoist setup video. You point to the upper corner, but it's a blank spot. I do see the Franklin Planner video in the lower spot, but the upper region is empty.

[@Carl_Pullein]

Hi Joshua, it's fixed now. Apologies. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKfGhax4g9ZnabMsi=HxMnnBISkAnhkRWM

[@JoshuaSteele]

@@Carl_Pullein Awesome thanks!🙏🏻

[@sdhillon901]

@carl why do you have routine tasks and recuring areas of focus, isn't it the same thing ?

[@Carl_Pullein]

Routine tasks can be skipped if it's a busy day. Recurring areas of focus cannot. It's a way of pre-prioritising my day.

[@FaisalAlvi]

Apple has also launched a new version, which shows the reminders in the calendar, didn’t you know?

[@Carl_Pullein]

I did, and I've been testing it for a few weeks.

[@FaisalAlvi]

@@Carl_Pullein great, waiting for a video on that too.

[@accentontheoff]

Hi Carl, sorry if I missed it but all the ones marked Writing time, Communication time, etc are being pulled in from your Google Calendar right? P.S. This approach is quite incredible.

[@Carl_Pullein]

The big blocks are coming from Google calendar, yes

[@accentontheoff]

@@Carl_Pullein Got it, thanks.

[@suryak045]

Thanks for this video Carl ❤ I've a question. Where do you put those timeblocks in list? Do you also label them respect to their area/field. Because when put a task in calendar they are appearing as scheduled on right-bottom but the timeblocks are not showing as scheduled even though they are? I use Ticktick

[@Carl_Pullein]

I don't use this syatem myaelf. My calendar blocks are on my calendar and I prefer to use the regular list view to see my tasks. Tasks are less important than my meetings and calls with clients.

[@sdhillon901]

Why do u still have tasks on all day ? Ok I see I think they are coming from your google calendar perhaps

[@Carl_Pullein]

They do. This is my demo account. I have it lonked to my Google account.

[@koenignero]

Why would drag your todos in your writing time? Is enough to check the wirting list whats on top. The dragging and maybe rearanging is unnecessery

[@tusharshardul7204]

Big fan here🙌. Hey Carl , Iam using todoist to save my important documents. Do you recommend it as I am finding it more easy to access them quickly at the time of need? Thanks

[@Carl_Pullein]

It's not the best place to do that. You would be better using iCloud, Google Drive or OneDrive. All of which are searchable. If you need to access them on a specific day, you cna get the link to the document and paste that into the task.

[@timbushell8640]

@@Carl_Pullein or Evernote, also supposedly fully searchable.

[@tusharshardul7204]

Ohh great so you have made your apple calendar events and related labelled tasks appear in the same today area of todoist ...waoo!!!

[@Carl_Pullein]

As I said three times in the video, this is NOT how I would do things. This is what you can do if you wish to do it. I repeat, I do not do it this way and will never do it this way.

[@RameshKumar-ng3nf]

LOL Go through the entire video before commenting 🤣

[@tusharshardul7204]

@@Carl_Pullein yes, I meant to say that you have shown a way that this can be structuted in this way as well..

[@maxmuranov8764]

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[@kiwilark]

It's a very poorly implemented calendar treatment. First, only one calendar. The idea you can't drag a task on and off is nuts. I'm really surprised at how poorly they did this. I depend on todoist all day long but it is really getting well behind the market. Clickup for instance is just getting better and better. Todoist isn't doing anything to really break away from the pack.

[@bignige]

I dropped Todoist to go Clickup, it was full of bugs and lost me tons of time. I'm back with Todoist now.

[@sergiorodrigues6694]

Wow, a litlle bit complicated, is'n it? At least for those who are not a Todoist expert.

[@Carl_Pullein]

It is. It's too complicated for me too. (It's why I said I don't use it myself)

[@timbushell8640]

@@Carl_Pullein ... once you have added the task into a category (label/tag), it should end, if there is a deadline, include that field as sort criteria... then it just an allocation to 'share' them over the week during the weekly planning session, no? The problem is you say it only works via the "TODAY" view, perhaps too late for larger tasks?

[@Carl_Pullein]

@@timbushell8640 For me, a large task is broken down. I have for example, a task to record the audiobook for Your Time Your Way. That's not something I can do in a day. I have a recurring task that repeats five days a week and I will do as much time as I can spare. The recurrence runs until one week before the deadline.