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Re: Ask HN: What do you use to align your daily todos with your long term goals?

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Post by joshlemer »

renaudg wrote: post #39

A critical factor of success in achieving long term goals is to schedule corresponding daily todos on a calendar. Because if something isn't either obviously urgent or scheduled on a calendar, it never gets done. For this reason, I sorely miss the Timeful app (bought and shut down by Google) which nailed the process perfectly, integrating one-off todos, habits (e.g. 3 runs/week) and calendar management in a single sy…

Not sure if it has what you want, but you might check out toodledo.com, it has by far the most features I've ever seen in any todo/calendaring system.

Re: Ask HN: What do you use to align your daily todos with your long term goals?

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Post by derrickdirge »

b6 wrote: post #40
sigi45 wrote: post #38

On one side you are apparently in full control of your life and on the other side you pray? To whom? Why? For what?

I get what you mean, but I think it's interesting to think about the seemingly simple question "do you believe in the power of prayer?" My reflex was just to say no, because I don't think anyone hears you and offers help. On the other hand, I believe strongly in the power of thinking and visualization of goals, and isn't that a lot of what prayer is?

I figure prayer is essentially meditation. There are many distinctions to be made between them, but no difference that I can see.

Re: Ask HN: What do you use to align your daily todos with your long term goals?

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Post by mezod »

suby wrote: post #67
mezod wrote: post #56

I've been pretty obsessed with this topic for quite some time, I implemented my own todolist, kanban, and other productivity tools and my conclusion is that in the end what gets you far is routine/habits. In other words, doing it every day. If in your case the goal is to explore 3 cities this year, then have a list of small things you can do in that direction and do at least one every day. And don't add dumb things t…

Looks like there's an issue rendering the page in Firefox. http://i.imgur.com/UizeUqM.png

edit: or better, it should be working now, care to confirm? THANKS

hmm that's very bad, thanks for letting me know!

It does seem to work properly on firefox here for any screen size, would you mind sharing which FF version are you using? thanks again!

Re: Ask HN: What do you use to align your daily todos with your long term goals?

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Post by amykhar »

firehawk895 wrote: post #72

David Allen's getting things done hands down. You don't even need to read the book to implement it, although it's a great read. here's the 15-minute summary that will get you going right now - https://hamberg.no/gtd/ - I have used Trello to implement it - here's a screenshot. http://i.imgur.com/dbH8yGq.png specifically answering your question - this framework makes you regularly review your task list and ensures that…

The whole 'Next Action' is what really makes this method work for me. What is the one thing you need to do next to move this goal or project forward? Keeping goals actionable transforms them from ideals to reality.

Re: Ask HN: What do you use to align your daily todos with your long term goals?

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Post by fsiefken »

blowski wrote: post #13

A frequent-ish review. About once a month, I get a nice coffee and cake and spend a couple of hours thinking about the last month, my current todo list and my long term goals. I try to remove anything that doesn't contribute to the goals, and intentionally put tasks which will move me toward my goals. I also pray quite frequently (I'm Christian, but I believe some types of meditation are just as effective here). I lo…

Yes, I'm an eclectic christian, I find 'the daily examen' an Ignation spiritual exercise - useful. Agnostics, atheists can perhaps use the same procedure and replace the first two steps with mindfulness and gratitude meditation and the last with goal attention. http://www.loyolapress.com/our-catholic-faith/prayer/persona...

Re: Ask HN: What do you use to align your daily todos with your long term goals?

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Post by renaudg »

firehawk895 wrote: post #72

David Allen's getting things done hands down. You don't even need to read the book to implement it, although it's a great read. here's the 15-minute summary that will get you going right now - https://hamberg.no/gtd/ - I have used Trello to implement it - here's a screenshot. http://i.imgur.com/dbH8yGq.png specifically answering your question - this framework makes you regularly review your task list and ensures that…

The problem with GTD is that it explicitly discourages you to schedule tasks at a specific time unless strictly necessary : you're always supposed to do whatever is "next" in the "context" you're in. You're never done, and this can be taxing and make you want to give up.

Newer research (Dan Ariely's IIRC) has shown that having tasks on the calendar improves the chances of actually doing a realistic number of them.

Re: Ask HN: What do you use to align your daily todos with your long term goals?

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Post by renaudg »

fsiefken wrote: post #77
renaudg wrote: post #39

A critical factor of success in achieving long term goals is to schedule corresponding daily todos on a calendar. Because if something isn't either obviously urgent or scheduled on a calendar, it never gets done. For this reason, I sorely miss the Timeful app (bought and shut down by Google) which nailed the process perfectly, integrating one-off todos, habits (e.g. 3 runs/week) and calendar management in a single sy…

The Timeful iOS app might still float around somewhere

It completely relied on the server, which has been shut down.
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