Ask HN: How do you manage your to-dos?
We all have todos, curious to know how you manage yours
1. What's your profession? 2. Do you use any specific method to manage your to-dos (like GTD) 3. What software do you use? Or is it pen and paper?
1. What's your profession? 2. Do you use any specific method to manage your to-dos (like GTD) 3. What software do you use? Or is it pen and paper?
I use Todoist, track my time with Toggl, journal and write notes in Joplin. That's it. No magical methods here. It just works for me and it doesn't distract. I'm not going into the tool-hopping rabbit hole again just because some YouTube productivity guru said their niche todo app was better than what I was using.
I still remember how 2 years ago I dumped Todoist for Wunderlist, then switched to Swipe, then Habitica, then quit to-do apps all together for pen-and-paper time-blocking just for me to return to Todoist recently; dumped Evernote for OneNote, briefly switched to Notion but came back to Evernote anyways before finally finding my home in Joplin a year ago. Don't even mention my Linux phase.
I'd love to see a FOSS alternative to Todoist. I don't use their sync features so it's not a pain to switch.
1. Don't write anything down.
2. Your brain will automagically forget all the todos that aren't important.
Not for everyone of course, but for me it works far better than any of my previous methods.