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Ask HN: What tools do you use for good habits/performance?

#1
Mine include a combination of calendars, email, to do lists, and OneNote. But I hate the fragmentation personally.

Any pain points?

I also believe that our brains should primarily be used for thinking, and not storage. What would an ideal productivity or personal management app look like?

Esp features that promote task completion and continuous improvement.

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#5
Sublime + PlainTasks for to do.

Sublime for quick notes and drafts.

Workflowy for nested notes. Not as a todo list. It's a good way to nest notes in notes. For example, I made a list of tropes, categorized them by heroic vs villainous, male or female, personality, description, and so on. And added lots of notes and tags for each. This is a mess if you try to do it in Evernote, but perfect for Workflowy.

Google Assistant is awesome for a variety of tasks, mainly related to reminders and timers. Have to leave the house fourty minutes? "Okay Google, set a timer for forty minutes" No calculations needed.

I would like to see a complex note taking tool that just works. Evernote is a bloated mess. Notion is sluggish. One Note seems to require too much thought. I've been making do with small note takers but I still need something heavy duty.

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post #5

Sublime + PlainTasks for to do. Sublime for quick notes and drafts. Workflowy for nested notes. Not as a todo list. It's a good way to nest notes in notes. For example, I made a list of tropes, categorized them by heroic vs villainous, male or female, personality, description, and so on. And added lots of notes and tags for each. This is a mess if you try to do it in Evernote, but perfect for Workflowy. Google Assist…

What are some "heavy duty" things that are missing in today's tools?

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#7
Any org-mode fans out there? I would like to hear how to make habits around org-mode and capturing the information necessary. I want to treat my notes as a brain assistant to free my mind of having to think of future events and tasks.

Particularly, the habits of capturing tasks when off desktop.

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post #5

Sublime + PlainTasks for to do. Sublime for quick notes and drafts. Workflowy for nested notes. Not as a todo list. It's a good way to nest notes in notes. For example, I made a list of tropes, categorized them by heroic vs villainous, male or female, personality, description, and so on. And added lots of notes and tags for each. This is a mess if you try to do it in Evernote, but perfect for Workflowy. Google Assist…

What are some "heavy duty" things that are missing in today's tools?

At least for me, something important that could be considered "heavy duty" is the ability to read and write notes from both my phone and computer.
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