It looks good, however I don't have an iOS device. Are there similar things for Android/Desktop?
Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months and years, not due dates
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Re: Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months and years, not due dates
#32This is an electronic version of a "bring forward" filing system that has been around for many decades. An older friend of mine showed me his "bring forward" file: it has a file for each month and also a file for each of the coming four weeks (labeled 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 because some months have five weeks).
He just puts things - like bills, for instance - in the appropriate folder depending on when they're due. And then once a week or month has passed, it gets rotated to the back of the box. It's a great approach; a digital version would replicate the same concept and would be particularly useful if it incorporated the notion of attached documents such as invoices.
Re: Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months and years, not due dates
#33Can U suggest a feature that I’ve been looking for in a TODO app for a long time. Tasks that are periodic but not urgent. Like changing the filters on your heating system every 6 months, adding fertilizer to the garden every 3 months, etc. Then when you have some time to spare you can easily see these kinds of tasks that you normally forget.
I use Due on iOS for this, it will also nag you on a given interval until you complete the action. OmniFocus also supports recurring actions, but IMO not as elegantly as Due.
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#34This is alright but Todoist (and likely others) more or less already has ways to do this sort of thing. The typical procrastinator simply keeps pushing the unsavoury todos until they accumulate and then it’s game over.
In the end, my problem is not really prioritisation, but the anxiety and inner conflict that comes from feeling the external obligation to do something. I’ve dealt with it with meditation at times but it’s a continuous struggle, like dieting.
I wish there was a way of selling tasks to my brain. Something that could turn items from “YOU HAVE TO DO THIS!!” to “hey, wouldn’t it be cool to do this?”
Re: Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months and years, not due dates
#35This is alright but Todoist (and likely others) more or less already has ways to do this sort of thing. The typical procrastinator simply keeps pushing the unsavoury todos until they accumulate and then it’s game over. In the end, my problem is not really prioritisation, but the anxiety and inner conflict that comes from feeling the external obligation to do something. I’ve dealt with it with meditation at times but…
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Re: Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months and years, not due dates
#36This is alright but Todoist (and likely others) more or less already has ways to do this sort of thing. The typical procrastinator simply keeps pushing the unsavoury todos until they accumulate and then it’s game over. In the end, my problem is not really prioritisation, but the anxiety and inner conflict that comes from feeling the external obligation to do something. I’ve dealt with it with meditation at times but…
"I wish there was a way of selling tasks to my brain. Something that could turn items from “YOU HAVE TO DO THIS!!” to “hey, wouldn’t it be cool to do this?” "
Keep an eye out for future updates! I know what you mean.
I actually had to-doist and it was one of the things that inspired me to want to make this app. I hate pushing to-dos back over and over again.
If I know I'm going to push something back a bunch, I'd rather just mark it "This Year."
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#37This is an electronic version of a "bring forward" filing system that has been around for many decades. An older friend of mine showed me his "bring forward" file: it has a file for each month and also a file for each of the coming four weeks (labeled 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 because some months have five weeks). He just puts things - like bills, for instance - in the appropriate folder depending on when they're due. And th…
I'd love to learn more and see about incorporating this concept. Contact me on the site if you'd like to contribute suggestions.
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#38Looks like an interesting idea, I'll give it a try. My first thought is this a perfect concept for family planning type stuff. Not planning TO HAVE a family, but planners FOR families or small groups or whatever. It's a perfect place to drop things like vacations or other stuff that will happen in a few months, but we all need to know about. Could use something like "This Weekend" in that list as well. Maybe between…
Thanks for the feedback! Really like the idea of This Weekend.
Btw are you suggesting different colors or just fewer colors overall?
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#39I do like the concept but no way to trigger a reminder is a bit of a personal dealbreaker.
That feature is on its way! I personally hate feeling nagged by my To Do list, so we're going to make an optional reminders system.
When would you like reminders? Would you want reminders for "This Week" to show up every day, or just Mondays?
Re: Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months and years, not due dates
#40The concept is very appealing to me. I have always avoided the use of planners that expect you to set exact times for completion. It just seems so unreasonable that anyone would be able to be that precise all the time about everything. I did find two typos under the FAQ that you will probably want to correct. "Why use Stongweek?" needs and "r" in there and in the answer to the question you also make the same spelling…
Thanks! Fixing now.