I need to get an email from OmniFocus (every morning) with my daily log.
Simply said - I need to see a list of my tasks on a particular day in my email. Usually, I forgot to open OmniFocus every morning and would be extremely useful if I get an email with my task. Does anybody deal with this? Thanks
I think you can do this on iOS with the new OF action “find items” you might need to amend how you tag/flag but it looks like it’s possible. Also the coming Omni automation should allow things like this to be done.
That said I would perhaps suggest this is not so much a feature needed as a change of routine/mindset on your part?
Perhaps ask yourself something along the following…
Why do you forget to open OF, are the tasks it contains not important?
Do you have resistance to the OF interface?
Does OF perhaps need the data restructuring so you want to open it?
Do you trust OF to give you the information you need in the correct formats?
I have found OF works best if you absolutely rely on it, home, office, projects, errands, deferred email tasks etc they all go into OF so it’s the first thing I open in the morning and the last think I clear at end of work day.
Build a routine checklist for the morning (in OF) that you follow, check mail, drink to much coffee, clear bucket app inbox etc etc. Also create a dashboard for the day, “meta tasks” linking to a specific project you need to do today reduces visual clutter in the dashboard for example (1 task to visit project instead of perhaps 10-15 showing from the actual project)
I have said it before but I would absolutely recommend @Kourosh’s book “Creating flow with Omnifocus” adapt that system to your specific needs as I did and it will make OF indispensable.
You could use the Shortcuts app on iOS to make a daily log. I use a shortcut which I found somewhere on the omni website (blog on latest iOS version?) which makes a log of your completed tasks in the notes app, from where you could copy / paste in a mail.