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I use color coded Post-It notes to track my tasks. Red for high priority tasks, yellow for medium, green for low. Orange and blue for subtasks. Stick them on a whiteboard near your workspace and then move what you want to tackle into a row that acts as your queue. Finished tasks go in a stack you can watch grow.

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Why not just use something like jira or trello at that point? Having to remember the color associations for subtasks physically seems a bit too much for me. Also, software is something you can access from anywhere and you don't have to be in one single place.

The physical act of writing notes, sticking them, removing them can get one in the zone more than the abstracted version on trello.

Software solutions are fine and I have used them before, especially with a team, but as a solo founder, I just like simple Post-Its - to each their own.

I think it's better to stick with the simple old ways too! Maybe as a solo founder you can get some more insights with our community on http://founderscafe.io/, maybe you can share some of your practices too!

Eh, whatever works. Some people like the ease of working anywhere, some people are more motivated by seeing a physical representation of their progress (possibly similar to how people remember chronological events better when read from a physical book vs an e-book or on-screen: https://www.fastcompany.com/40476984/this-is-how-the-way-you...).

I don't like the added cognitive overhead (having to remember how the app works) and lack of physical tangibility of software solutions.

For me, all of those task trackers are radically slower than even a pen and paper or just a single document. Load times, the million buttons, search, etc are all worse. They're fine for teams that need to share work and make asks of other teams and prioritize etc, but for one person they're extremely inefficient.

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