Setting Up Todoist: Ep 14 - Areas of Focus

📋 The speaker discusses using the 'Areas of Focus' section in Todoist to organize tasks related to ongoing projects.

📝 They explain how they use the 'Areas of Focus' section to manage tasks related to their YouTube video series and their medium blog.

🔄 The speaker mentions that they prefer keeping these ongoing tasks separate from their routines folder.

🏃 The speaker has areas of focus, including exercise, specifically running marathons.

🗓️ They review their exercise goals every 3 months and decide on a weights-based or running program.

👟 They track when they need to replace their running shoes and make a decision about entering a marathon.

🏃‍♂️ Preparing for a marathon takes about 6 months.

👟 The speaker has an unhealthy obsession with high-quality shoes.

👞 The speaker's 10-year-old shoes have been well maintained and lasted a long time.

👟🧽 To maintain my shoe collection, I need to use a cream-based cleaner and a wax-based polish.

📅 I have specific dates to add cream and polish to my different pairs of shoes.

⛄🌨️ During winter, I wear my Crockett and Jones ilay boots in wet or snowy conditions.

👟 Regular maintenance for different types of shoes.

🗓️ Setting reminders for shoe cleaning based on seasonal needs.

🧴 Using dubbin, cream, and polish for waterproofing and cleaning.

📌 Areas of focus in Todoist are used for tasks that don't have specific end dates, such as ongoing projects and hobbies.

🗓️ Tasks with ending dates, like work projects and deadlines, are not considered areas of focus.

Areas of focus in Todoist are different from projects, as they serve as reminders rather than actual projects.

Setting up an area of focus in Todoist can be very useful for organizing tasks and improving productivity.

Areas of focus help in prioritizing tasks and ensuring important tasks are not overlooked.