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Ask HN: How do you manage – and remember to manage – your to-do list in 2022?

#1

Post by 23seaborn » Sat, May 14, 2022, 2:31 PM UTC

Hey HN! I'm looking for new ways to keep track of my personal to-dos. I started using Google Tasks a few years ago and stuck with it for awhile but over time I fell out of the habit and now I'm ready to declare bankruptcy on the remaining tasks. I'm especially interested in finding something always-on (or always-on-top) and maybe with an intrusive reminder to make sure it's still accurate on some kind of schedule.

Thanks!

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#2

Post by azalemeth » Sat, May 14, 2022, 2:39 PM UTC

I use the cli tool taskwarrior -- https://github.com/GothenburgBitFactory/taskwarrior or https://taskwarrior.org/ -- which does have a remote sync option. If you're a "I live in the terminal" kinda person, you might get on well with it.

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#3

Post by sidcool » Sat, May 14, 2022, 2:46 PM UTC

Trello

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#4

Post by summertime42 » Sat, May 14, 2022, 2:54 PM UTC

Habitica! It's really dorky, but it's a great way to make me do anything. (https://habitica.com/)

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#5

Post by criddell » Sat, May 14, 2022, 2:55 PM UTC

I used to use third party systems, but a few years ago Apple added all the features I needed to Reminders, so that's what I use.

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#6

Post by M4v3R » Sat, May 14, 2022, 2:56 PM UTC

criddell wrote: post #5

I used to use third party systems, but a few years ago Apple added all the features I needed to Reminders, so that's what I use.

Same, I extensively use both Notes and Reminder apps as they work pretty good nowadays.

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#7

Post by coffeefirst » Sat, May 14, 2022, 2:57 PM UTC

Work: Obsidian with the calendar plugin.

Personal: paper notepad. The timelines are longer and the lists are shorter, it doesn’t need anything fancy.

In both cases embrace the Bullet Journal notion of having a regular step where you decide to scratch items you’re not really going to do. Otherwise the list keeps growing no matter what system you use.

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#8

Post by nstart » Sat, May 14, 2022, 2:58 PM UTC

GTD. Been using the gtd system with obsidian for almost 2 years now. I sometimes fall out of sync with it, particularly during high stress times where I lose the motivation to work in a disciplined way, but it’s never too hard to get things back under control.

Most days I go through my next action lists when I’m thinking of stuff to do and review it each week to do any re org.

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#9

Post by _fh5n » Sat, May 14, 2022, 3:03 PM UTC

I use a combination of a TODO.md file shared on all my devices (two laptops, one phone, one VPS) with Syncthing, Google Calendar, and leaving emails/messages unread for external requests.

I've tried Notion, Trello, and Keep in the past: they felt over-engineered and too reliant on having an internet connection/browser window open, so in the end I always found myself going back to basics. Haven't had a single problem with my current setup so far.

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#10

Post by smeej » Sat, May 14, 2022, 3:03 PM UTC

I'm a huge fan of https://momentum.earth.

It's the best GTD system I've seen online, and the infinite sub-tasking/grouping, where each grouping can be set to be done either sequentially or in parallel, either surfacing the next task or all the tasks in the "Next" list automatically is amazing.

Throw in the review settings, and the big picture areas of responsibility? And end-to-end encryption?

It's amazing.