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Comment author: XiXiDu 22 June 2014 11:20:43AM *  3 points [-]

I have everything in one txt file called ToDo.txt. In there are different categories and sub-categories. It starts out with rules to follow. Then there are important meta-level activities. Each activity refers to another category. One of them is simply called ToDo, which refers to the ToDo category that features sub-categories sorted by how timely they are.

So it basically goes like this (very roughly)...

Category: Rules

Rule "What to do": Decide what to do between the activities listed in the category Activities. ...

Rule Learning: If "learning" criteria is met, ignore.

Category: Activities

Activity Learning: See category "learning"; See rule "learning";

...

Activity ToDo: See category ToDo...

Category: ToDo

Sub-category immediate:

Call doctor for new meds...

Category: Learning

Sub-category proofs and problems I need to understand:

Proof and Variance of MLE


The length of ToDo.txt is currently 139572 characters and 2076 lines.

Comment author: FiftyTwo 22 June 2014 09:09:09PM 3 points [-]

Do you delete old "to do's" after you have completed them? How do you navigate the big text file? When and how do you write the rules?