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Ask HN: What’s your favorite tool for planning your day?

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Re: Ask HN: What’s your favorite tool for planning your day?

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Post by kushan2020 »

jcuenod wrote: post #120
kushan2020 wrote: post #15

I read a comment somewhere in hacker news about a guy managing their daily planning on a locally saved plain text file. I started doing it and _loved_ it. But after a while I was missing some of that nice WYSIWYG UI interface. I couldn't find an existing tool which allows me to continue to use that local text file and also have a nice pretty interface. One thing led to another and I ended up scratching my own itch by…

This looks pretty cool. Any plans to add support for images?

You can drop images to the editor and it will automatically save in an `assets` folder in your notes directory.

Is that what you were asking for?

Re: Ask HN: What’s your favorite tool for planning your day?

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Post by joisig »

I've tried probably a couple of dozen methods, paper being a solid thing I go back to every couple of years. Complice (a web app) was interesting.

For the last couple of years, I've used free-format text in a new note in Bear app every day, an ever-evolving template (I generally copy the previous days' document, remove done items and stuff that's no longer important, and plan from there). I do something similar for weekly and quarterly plans, all free-format in my notes app of choice.

Re: Ask HN: What’s your favorite tool for planning your day?

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Post by fscheu »

usrme wrote: post #3

For task management I use Todoist and couldn't be happier! Knowing they never allow themselves to be bought brings peace of mind that's unrivaled: https://blog.doist.com/no-exit-strategy/

+1 for ToDoist! I've using for two years. I'm building a dashboard and weekly review space to understand better how is my productivity. Check it out at https://todolytics.com/

Re: Ask HN: What’s your favorite tool for planning your day?

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Post by joshcanhelp »

joisig wrote: post #122

I've tried probably a couple of dozen methods, paper being a solid thing I go back to every couple of years. Complice (a web app) was interesting. For the last couple of years, I've used free-format text in a new note in Bear app every day, an ever-evolving template (I generally copy the previous days' document, remove done items and stuff that's no longer important, and plan from there). I do something similar for w…

I do pretty much exactly this but with a different app (now Obsidian, previously Roam, Workflowy). Going on about 4 years with something like this system. This is mostly for work and side projects, personal stuff just goes on an index card that I rotate out when it fills up, doing the same rewriting for anything that didn’t get done.

Re: Ask HN: What’s your favorite tool for planning your day?

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Post by fmorrison42 »

slindz wrote: post #27

I've been building my own thing for a while. It blends the hierarchical navigation of Workflowy (to figure out your priorities) with task management and routine building. Throughout this process, I discovered a whole lot about ADHD. It turns out that's why I've chased this with such reckless abandon. Between the internal pressure and balancing the side effects of medication, I burnt out. I'm _slowly_ climbing my way…

I have struggled with ADHD and keeping on track for years. I would love to try out your app and provide any feedback I can.
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