ChatGPT: Hello hn_throwaway_99! I'm happy to help you as a personal coach to address your problems with procrastination and to help you prioritize tasks. It makes perfect sense to use our conversation as a way to keep you on track and avoid distractions like mindlessly browsing the internet. Feel free to share your current tasks or goals, and I can provide suggestions, encouragement, or strategies to help you stay focused and productive.
Me: Great, thanks very much. I'm going to group my tasks by topic. Note these tasks aren't listed in priority order. For each task I'll give an estimate for how long I think it will take.
Work tasks: 1. Finish Jira ticket foo. Estimate: 2 hours. 2. Write job req for bar. Estimate: 1 hour.
Personal tasks: ...
Home tasks: ...
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From there I just tell it when I complete tasks or add new tasks, and I ask it "Can you please output my outstanding task list?" - I only had to ask that once, after that it always output my correct task list summary after I told it I added or completed a task. It groups my tasks by the categories I gave it (Work, Personal and Home). I was using GPT-4. I also like how it uses encouraging words and advice as I go through my items.