OmniFocus provides my daily roadmap for where I’m going. But maps can be unreliable: sometimes an emergency requires a detour … and sometimes you just pause for an unscheduled cup of coffee or phone call with a friend.

To quickly log those unanticipated events in OmniFocus – without imposing additional overhead on the system – I invoke these simple scripts from LaunchBar:

• Log completed item to OmniFocus (CC) – saves a completed task to my work-misc project
• Log completed item to OmniFocus (Misc) – saves a completed task to my personal-misc project
• Log distraction to OmniFocus – saves a completed task to my distractions project

When something comes up that I’d like to log:

• ⌘ space to invoke LaunchBar
• logcc, logmisc, or dist to choose the type of entry
• space to start typing
• [type what it was]
• Enter to save

Now a completed task appears in the appropriate location, and my Completed Tasks perspective gives a more accurate representation of the day.

To use it, download the script and customize the project name and context to fit your needs. Should work with Alfred as well.