How I Use Things 3 to Be More Productive

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In this video, I show you how I use Things 3 to have a consistent process for creating my KZfaq videos. I go over using project templates and I show you how I plan what to work on when.
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@PeterAkkies Жыл бұрын

Grab your FREE Things 3 cheat sheet: peterakkies.ck.page/things-cheat-sheet

@thejordanflynn 2 жыл бұрын

Finally decided to give things a try after years of omnifocus and I think the simplicity is exactly what I am after! Thanks for all your content, would definitely pick up your course if I weren't a poor student.

@valeriocostilla3232 2 жыл бұрын

Super helpful! Things always overwhelm me because I didn't know how to navigate through it. Great quality - thank you

@patrickcrombmusic Жыл бұрын

watched a number of your videos over the last week. you explain things very well and with a smile on your face too. using this video ive just created a template project for youtube video uploads which should help me save a ton of time. you have helped me a lot with my things 3 setup . im trying to juggle a music career and a medical career so effective time and task management is essential. thanks so much !

@SumanthKumar1995 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Peter. Out of all the content out there on GTD and Things3, yours is the best I have come across. Great work. Your explanations are crisp, to the point, and very effective. Thanks.

@MrPopo877 4 жыл бұрын

Your tutorials are the best wow! I’ve watched other tutorials, but they all end up reviewing the app, instead of actually showing it like you do, . Loveit

@PeterAkkies 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Isaiah! Lovely to hear.

@BrixsDNAfortnite 4 жыл бұрын

Template projects are a "must" to improve speed while working, so we spend less time fiddling around or thinking if something is forgotten, and more time progressing to completion. Great video, Peter.

@connorwill2694 2 жыл бұрын

I guess im asking the wrong place but does anyone know a tool to log back into an Instagram account? I somehow lost the password. I would appreciate any tricks you can offer me

@jadielmarvin6725 2 жыл бұрын

@Connor Will instablaster ;)

@urboytgd Жыл бұрын

I finally get Things 3! After downloading it some years back because I didn’t understand it, thanks to your video I now know how to use it effectively!

@user-og6rh5vi1z 4 жыл бұрын

Well-explained and systematic. Now I learned that tasks are not just single actions but they can be sequential which can be put under the heading in a parent group called "Project".

@-delilahlin-1598 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Thank you for all the insight.

@msraturp1365 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks Peter.

@bobcopeland6536 3 жыл бұрын

Great video which addressed my current needs precisely!

@banakula 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I need this.

@wimrotor 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Peter, great tutorial videos !! Very helpful. The paid course previews are also great! (I would buy the course, once it fits the budget:) ) Nevertheless, great job on all your vids! :) Thx

@KatNicholson 3 жыл бұрын

this is really helpful, thank you :)

@Westerndigger 3 жыл бұрын

Well done. Great video

@JayTailor45 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter for great videos. I'm planning to get Things for iPhone.

@chadebrownnyc 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpfil! thanks

@susanaheras6131 3 жыл бұрын

Very good video Peter, not only the content but also the way you communicate. I would love a video about Nirvana coming from you!

@jbborg 4 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed your video. Very Helpful. Bert Copeland DTM, EC4, VC5

@darrellhandley4499 3 жыл бұрын

Love these videos. Can you do a video on setting up a system in Things 3, to pay your monthly bills? I pay all of my bills online. Obviously there are actual deadline dates and then when to actually pay. With online payments as you know, you need to allow several days after payment to allow for processing them to meet the deadlines. I have been using my calendar app for this purpose by setting up all-day, events with repeating alerts. I feel things might be a more productive way to do this. Thank you Peter!

@bobbyhundemer6533 3 жыл бұрын

Darrell, I used to do this as well before I stumbled across the You Need a Budget (YNAB) Application. I am sure Things 3 can suffice, but YNAB is a super powerful budgeting application that can sync all of your financial stuff in one area. Something for you to check out as well!

@rllanoasa 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Peter. Greetings from Paraguay!

@PeterAkkies 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! And nice to get greetings from Paraguay-I've been there once, a long time ago.

@guilhermemalufe296 2 жыл бұрын

Great video.

@ophiophagush.3926 4 жыл бұрын

I actually use Things 3 just to manage my research for my phd in biology - because it integrates well with DevonThink & macOS. I use 2Do to manage my other hobbies (I like exploring, so the location based stuff is helpful). I use RTM for bills/finance/birthday reminders. I use Nozbe for some collaborative side projects. Not found one task manager I am happy to do all things with yet - all have caveats.

@PeterAkkies 4 жыл бұрын

That's a lot of different apps! I would find that too messy but if it works for you that's great.

@ophiophagush.3926 4 жыл бұрын

Peter Akkies the key feature of all - to keep it unmessy is not over use the date function, just priority. The problem with every task app is you are fighting caveats. Todoist is great, but subtasks make it messy. Things is great but no attachments. 2Do is great but no email in on MacOS. Omnifocus is not so good on iOS. Currently rejigging my system and going for a Nozbe/Evernote system with Zapier help. Inbox for every idea is Evernote. If it’s actionable set reminder - it shows in Nozbe. If it looks like a multistep thing, create a project in Nozbe. This triggers Zapier to generate a new folder in Evernote (with the same name)....... downside of Nozbe is its reliance on the user following GTD quite religiously.

@thesearme 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing video!

@PeterAkkies 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Frederico! What did you like the most?

@es4666 3 жыл бұрын

Ik vind het heel leuk dat je nederlands spreek.

@StevenMichels 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another helpful video! I just moved to Things and am finding them very useful in thinking about my set up and how to use it. Let us know what you think of Notion! I still use it for some data base type projects.

@PeterAkkies 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear my videos are useful for you, Steven! I've actually started using Notion recently-I am finding some uses for it. So I am in fact planning to do a video on it.

@chaskinsnc 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Peter. Thank you for the video. Great to see how someone else uses things. I had to stop using it because my company is a Microsoft 365 shop. MS Todo is good but it is not things. I like Things Inbox and automation of Today. I am an IOS User of phone and ipad pro but until I move 100% IOS, it does not make sense. I really wish I could use Things3 with Windows and Outlook.

@suprememax4948 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic Video! Just got started with Things 3 and this is a lot of help! Keep it up :) Edit: One thing I still don't understand: What does the Archive function do and where can I find archived stuff?

@PeterAkkies 4 жыл бұрын

Off the top of my head, the only thing you can archive in Things is headings. Archiving a heading doesn't do anything other than removing it from display.

@countrymusicoutlaw 4 жыл бұрын

Just wanted to say the video was great its certainly helped in learning things 3 as have your other videos on your channel - keep up the great work - Leigh PS how did you get the emoji's on your "Areas"? anyway thanks for the lesson

@juergenheise2451 4 жыл бұрын

Just apply copy and paste.

@PeterAkkies 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! :) As for your question-I'm not sure what platform you're on. I added mine on macOS. Any time you're typing on macOS, you can hit ctrl + cmd + space and it'll pull up the emoji menu.

@brucemcfarlane Ай бұрын

Great video Peter. Would you mind sharing your template Create Video for KZfaq, your structures are so clean. Thanks

@PeterAkkies Ай бұрын

I’d love to, Bruce, but there is no convenient way to share a Things template

@karinmueller7701 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Peter, Great Video. One question: if I have planned a task and at the end of the Day I did not have time to do it, do I have to change the date actively or is it automatically transferred to the next day until I click „finished“? Thanks!

@PeterAkkies 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Karin. You don't have to do anything; the task will stay in the "Today" view until you complete it or move it out of the Today view manually.

@bbenedict07 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your videos-very helpful. I'm a new user. I bought the app on my iPhone. Do I have to buy another version to use it on my computer? I can access it on my iPad but I find it easier to use on my phone.

@PeterAkkies Жыл бұрын

Thanks Brenda! Yes, Things is a separate purchase on each device.

@adelsingeri2434 4 жыл бұрын

Hi thank you . please give some more examples.

@mic03311 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the insight - one question, how do you display an icon next to the Area section? in the recent version, it seems icon is not present?

@PeterAkkies 4 жыл бұрын

It’s just an emoji, so add it however you add an emoji on your device.

@ana-ru7qq 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, do things 3 have and tool to analise the data from the logbook? Thank you

@huttsonjakes4831 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Peter, Is there a way to write down stuffs you've already done, and also indicate the date it was done? For example today is June the 5th 2020 and I wanna write down something I did on the 1st of June 2020, how can I write what I want and get the calendar to display June 1, 2020 ? Am asking because I tried selecting the date I wanted, but the app keeps showing me the information was written today. It didn't display the date I selected. How do I handle this ?

@PeterAkkies 4 жыл бұрын

Nope-Things is not designed for that and there is no good way to do that.

@arienbos789 4 жыл бұрын

Leuk

@EjectedAlready 3 жыл бұрын

Every things 3 review should start by mentioning that there is no possibility for any sort of attachment and then take it from there.... For me this is a deal breaker for any task management app but especially for an expensive one like things 3.

@adamj2683 Жыл бұрын

It’s a feature now.

@_EP794 3 жыл бұрын

just found the site good job. which version are you using the iPhone,iPad, desktop?

@PeterAkkies 3 жыл бұрын

All three!

@techychef 4 жыл бұрын

been trying OmniFocus and ClickUp... and I know all this is SO personal...and trying out multiple systems at once is dangerous as I don't want to lose things in the "cracks"... Things 3 looks clean and light... is there a good comparison / Categorization of all these?

@techychef 4 жыл бұрын

and... love your content, thank you..

@PeterAkkies 4 жыл бұрын

I agree that choosing a task manager is a very personal choice, Tony. I wouldn't get too hung up on choosing one though. It's faster to actually try one for a few weeks and to evaluate the results you get, than to think endlessly but not try anything. I don't know much about ClickUp, but I do have a review video comparing OmniFocus and Things: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rJdohZt4r-CyYaM.html

@adelsingeri2434 4 жыл бұрын

could anyone help me to find some more example?