I have an accountability partner with whom I exchange daily "committed actions." Every morning, I e-mail him a list of the tasks I commit to completing that day. 

When I complete a task, I mark it DONE. If I don't complete a task that day, I mark it @didnotdo and manually cut and paste it to the next day. 

 

Every night, I send him a report of which actions I did and which ones I did not do. (I find I get so much more done since I started making daily commitments to someone other than myself.)

My committed actions for a day consist of: 

   

a) TODOs for the projects I'm working on

b) random errands that need to be done that day

c) daily habits (e.g. meditating, exercising)

I don't believe org-agenda can support me in doing this, because I require: 

a) a way to quickly enter the random tasks for that day (without having to "schedule" each one for today)

b) more importantly: a way to record, store, and e-mail my list of which tasks I've done and not done at the end of the night

So instead I've been creating a list of TODOs for each day manually. 

My questions: 

1. Given that I'm creating my daily task list manually, is there an easy way, when I mark a task @didnotdo, to automatically move it to the next day's list and change its state to @todo? 

2. I'd still like to be able to create outlines for my documents and add TODO items inline as I think of them. Is there a way to get org to gather these scattered TODOs and place them in my manually-created daily TODO list, rather than in the agenda?

Macro question: Is there a better way to manage my accountability system, rather than doing it manually? Again, I don't see a way to do it using agenda.

Thanks for any help.

Peter

P.S. If it's helpful, here's a typical list I might send my accountability partner in the morning: 

<2012-02-16 Thu>

* habits

** @todo - morning practice [0/3]

- [ ] e-mail committed actions 

- [ ] stretch for 10 minutes

- [ ] meditate

** @todo - evening practice [0/2]

- [ ] sit-ups

- [ ] e-mail report assessing day's committed actions

* committed actions

** teaching

*** current semester

**** @todo - e-mail students [0/2]

***** @todo - e-mail Liz

***** @todo - e-mail Jean

**** @todo - appointment with Claire 4pm

*** next semester

**** finish proposal

***** @todo - send proposal to editor

***** @todo - write syllabus

** random tasks

*** @todo - renew prescriptions

*** @todo - clean room

*** @todo - go over Nicole notes

*** @todo - call Andy

*** @todo - jog with Heidi 3pm

A typical report at the end of the night might look like this: 

<2012-02-16 Thu>

* habits

** DONE - morning practice [3/3]

- [X] e-mail committed actions 

- [X] stretch for 10 minutes

- [X] meditate

** @todo - evening practice [1/2]

- [ ] sit-ups

- [X] e-mail report assessing day's committed actions

* committed actions

** teaching

*** current semester

**** @todo - e-mail students [2/2]

***** DONE - e-mail Liz

***** DONE - e-mail Jean

**** @todo - appointment with Claire 4pm

*** next semester

**** finish proposal

***** @didnotdo - send proposal to editor

***** DONE - write syllabus

** random tasks

*** DONE - renew prescriptions

*** @didnotdo - clean room

*** @didnotdo - go over Nicole notes

*** @postponed - call Andy

*** DONE - jog with Heidi 3pm