These do not match my grocery store’s layout exactly, but they are close to the path I cut most of the time. You can create the aisles to your liking depending on what works for you.
Each grocery will then be created within those aisles. For our “Grocery Shopping” project we’re going to first create a task for each aisle at the store. This helps me focus on one aspect of a project at a time. One of my favorite OmniFocus features is the ability to create a task within another task. Make the default context “Grocery Store” so that anything you create within the project will show up in the “Grocery Store” context. The “Grocery Store” context is the end point for our grocery list, the view we’ll be looking at while we shop.Ĭreate a single action project called “Grocery Shopping.” This is where we’re going to organize what we’re going to buy. Some of these steps will only need to be done once, and some can be automated on a Mac. Assign everything the “Grocery Store” context.Organize and add groceries into each aisle.Add tasks for each aisle to “Grocery Shopping”.Before I explain the thinking behind each step, here’s what we’re going to do: That way when you’re at the store you can tick items off on your iPhone or Apple Watch (my preference). The goal is to have a list of all your grocery items organized, roughly, in aisle order. Let’s start in the grocery store and work our way back to capturing and organizing tasks in OmniFocus. About which… How to Organize Your Groceries in OmniFocusĪllow me to work backwards. Now tea is ready for me in the “Inbox” when I go to organize my grocery list. I lifted my watch, said, “Hey Siri add Tea to OmniFocus List” and it was done. Recently, while making tea late in the evening, I noticed I was a few bags away from an empty box. It’s one inbox where I can put anything and everything. OmniFocus is also dead simple to get data into. When I open OmniFocus to manage my groceries, it reminds me that I have other things to do. If I only put my big boy tasks (work, responsibilities, etc.) in there, I’d probably never want to launch it. I like to live in OmniFocus when it comes to productivity, so any excuse to put more information in it is good for me. Jeffrey Abbot over at The Sweet Setup has a great rundown of grocery list apps, but I prefer OmniFocus, mostly because it’s where all my other stuff is. Grocery shopping comes up a lot as something worth moving off to another app. When you read about uses for OmniFocus (as I’m wont to do) you sometimes hear that very specific tasks are best left to other niche applications. I’ve been using it this way for years, but with the addition of the Apple Watch, I can get in and out of the grocery store in no time at all. I’m not sure what it says about my productivity, but the number one thing I use OmniFocus for is grocery shopping.
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