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Ask HN: How do you do your To-Do list?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you do your To-Do list?
#32My own method is a bit unusual - it's a hybrid method.
As a Windows user, I use our own software, Swift To-Do List, that we've been developing for over 9 years - http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software
First of all, I use it as a task and notes database, where I store all my tasks and ideas.
Second, every evening, I print a fresh to-do list with tasks for the next day. I just pick the tasks I want to do today, right-click them and print them.
This combination of software and paper gives me the best of the both worlds - the paper on my desk helps me stay focused, and I can scribble on it, etc.
This feels very empowering, because every day, my to-do list is short, up-to-date and I can actually finish it. If you work from your "task database" with all your tasks, it can be a bit depressing to see all the unfinished stuff on a daily basis, and the progress you make doesn't seem that significant.
If you've never tried software as a task database + fresh daily to-do list printed from it, give it a go! It's awesome.
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#33I use different tools for different purposes. I have Trello always open as a Fluid app ( http://fluidapp.com/ ) for work projects, but I use Workflowy for personal ToDos, as well as long-term goals, project ideas, and everything else (I keep the day-to-day to do list at the top, and then underneath it is all sorts of misc topics - gift ideas, fonts I like, etc - pretty much anything I want to keep a running list of,…
I must second WorkFlowy. I've tried lots of different managers, but WF is the only one that worked for me. It's flexible enough to support the simple, no-frills to-do list as well as the larger projects. I like information hierarchies and WFs free-form style and zoom levels are perfect for me. Not being happy with any of the other tools I tried used to make it a pain for me to keep things organized, but WF changed all that. Try it!
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#34I've gone through them all. For the past few weeks I've been using Silo because of the ability to share lists with my GF. I've got 5 Lists (or Silos I guess) at the moment, 3 of which are shared.
I like it because it has the simple input features of Clear, but with the ability to share lists, and receive notifications when a list is updated.
At work I use Trello, which is great, just too much for my personal project needs. Trello's iPad app is fantastic btw. Really intuitive and smooth.
When I'm feeling completely overwhelmed, I usually find writing out tasks on paper with a pen is the best. Sometimes it's just nice to get away from a screen and write something down.
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#35After trying various methods (Wunderlist, journaling, Trello, Evernote, the list goes on and on), I finally settled on a slight variation on "bullet journaling": bulletjournal.com Basically, writing daily notes/to-do-lists with a focus on organization and brevity.
I love the idea of Bullet Journaling. I used to do something similar couple of years ago. Now I use Wunderlist mostly because its OS/Device agnostic and reasonable looking. The reason Bullet written journaling didn't work for me because carrying a notebook is annoying, since I don't keep a bag with me all the time, it means I have to keep one in my pocket all the time. Also Notebooks gets damaged. The positive was th…
I still use Wunderlist every few days for when I have something to record but I don't have my notebook handy. I think it's the best possible implementation of itself, if that makes sense.
Understandable re: carrying a notebook -- that was my main apprehension when starting out. Luckily, I'm at a point in my life where I'm pretty much productive only in one of three places (home, office, coffeeshop), and since I bring my laptop bag to all three anyway it's not too much trouble to throw the notebook in as well.
EDIT: Just saw www.manvsgoals.com. I think that, too, is a noteworthy approach to keeping track of 'grander' goals and tasks.
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#36Email. I have Gmail labels for different categories and different priorities/complexities. My goal is inbox zero, so when I finish my list I pull from the labels based on the priority, complexity, and what area I'm working in (i.e. marketing, dev, content, etc.). If I'm busy or something comes up I'll just push the items back into the folders to clear my mind and pull them out again later. If items are quick (i.e. I…
I like this idea, but would it work if I'm using the mail app on OS Mavericks? Would the labels import?
Might be time to switch away from the mail app anyways, seems to really bog down my system.
Re: Ask HN: How do you do your To-Do list?
#37A week-per-two-pages diary, with my todo items written in each day's column. I got inspiration from Erica Douglass [1] and this has proven to work best for me.
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-yer_cy3-Q
EDIT: I also love Trello for personal project-based items.
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#38Note cards, hand written at the end of each day. 5 things I want to accomplish the next day.
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