Quote Originally Posted by Almost Done View Post
I really like the tickler file. I would not want to see something like renew auto insurance or passport in my calendar while trying to decide if I can commit to attending a conference in a year.
Good point! So, a principle here is to ask yourself: when will I want or need to see
this item? Do I want a bunch of this sort of thing on my calendar? Will I be motivated
to look at my calendar if it has a bunch of stuff like this on it?

Quote Originally Posted by kkuja View Post
In my tickler I have a note in year 2014 (I have expanded tickler, which has 10 yearly folders) which says my passport will expire at the december 2014. I don't need or want to be reminded about that every week, but I really want to be reminded about it at january 2014.
I have folders up to about 2015, plus an "And on!" folder for later years. I also have one folder per day for 2 months.

It took me a while to figure out how to use the "And on!" folder. At first I thought it would always just stay at the back of the tickle file. Then I realized it had to march to the front so that I would eventually do the things. I let it march to the front, but I felt intimidated seeing it come closer, knowing it had a bunch of things like "renew passport" in it. So I decided to go back to leaving it at the back; but the way I use it now is that whenever I create a new folder for a specific year -- which I do when I feel like it -- I then look through the "And on!" folder and move things as appropriate to the year folder. I create new year folders as needed so that the "And on!" folder doesn't have too many things in it.