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In last post J talked about How to Make A Good New Year Revolution. To stick to the plan and to track the status effectively, J made a 2010 yearly plan. And here J would like to share it with you.
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This template can be divided into 3 parts.

First part is introduction information of your plan, including your name, name of plan, objectives, summary, and completion time.

Second part is task list and time table. You can add rows for more tasks if needed.

Time table is next to task list. in calendar area, weekends are highlighted in orange, and public holiday is highlighted in light green.

Below the calendar there is daily plan and checking area. Due dates are in blue. If tasks are completed on time, then the cells can be changed to green accordingly; if not, you can use red to highlight them. Some tasks are not to be executed everyday, then you can just mark the due date cell blue and leave the rest cells blank.

The last part is monthly review area. It's very import to review regularly according to GTD. Here J set monthly review area for you to check your plan every month, summarize some achievements and tips, and to adjust the plan when needed.

In real practice, J uploaded the plan to Google Docs so that J can check and update the status everywhere.

First half of month of Jan 2010 has passed, and so far J feel very good with this yearly plan. Hope you can also benefit from it and enjoy a productive and happy 2010!

Download J's Yearly Plan Template HERE.
 
 
Working PC, personal-use PC, mobile phone, Windows system, Mac system, Symbian, Android etc. There are so many tools for different places and different platforms to take notes and plan tasks. How to get access and edit those tasks in another context? In order to solve this problem, J set cross-system synchronization as top priority when choosing task-management tools.

gTasks is not the best in Android Market, while Google Tasks, which gTasks is based on, is not the best task-management tool in every platform. However, good user-experience for cross-system usage makes them stand out.

Yes, gTasks is a simple app for Android which syncs with Google Tasks:
  • Sync to Google Tasks mannually
  • Offline usage
  • Add, edit, delete tasks
  • Show sub-tasks
  • Show multiple task lists
  • And, it's FREE
Of course there is large room for improvement：
  • Adding sub-tasks not supported
  • Adding new task lists not supported
  • Auto-sync not supported
  • No reminder
It's indeed an extremely simple app with a long way to go. However, for hardcore users of Google products, or people who have to switch between computers and cellphone, gTasks is a useful tool.
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gTasks - beta is developed by SSI for Android.
Free download in Android Market.
Pls refer to the right for QR Code

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