When we're juggling multiple projects it's really easy to drop or overlook some of the "routine maintenance" types of activities (e.g., website updates, blog entries, updating resumes, writing projects, purging emails, backing up computers, updating virus software...the list goes on). I set recurring tasks for ongoing items and individual tasks for the "one offs" and find it really helps to keep the "chatter" out of my head when I'm not worried about what I may have forgotten. I certainly don't always get the tasks done on the day I'd intended but the nice feature about tasks is they are easy to re-flag for next day or next week! :-)
