I use GTD with TickTick app. I tried many apps, but I found TickTick to be superior to all. It's light, native, and includes everything I need: lists, pomodoro, kanban mode, and very snappy response.
Ask HN: How do you manage – and remember to manage – your to-do list in 2022?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you manage – and remember to manage – your to-do list in 2022?
#82GTD. 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.
Could you share how you use Obsidian for GTD? Do you make use of the Kanban extension or something else?
Sorry. I saw this a little late. Hope this reaches you. I just make use of normal files and backlinks. No fancy whizzbangs except for a script to run the tickler for me. I need to convert this into an Obsidian plugin at some point.
The folder structure is simple
root folder -> Inbox.md (everything goes there first. I have shortcuts on mobile to open inbox directly)
Sub folders for Projects, Tickler, Attachments, Next Actions, Tickler, Someday Maybe Lists, and References
Attachments is just the folder that Obsidian automatically attaches stuff into when I paste/drag'n'drop something in.
I have about 9 Next Action lists inside the Next Actions folder (broken down by type of work [personal, work communication, work tasks, self education, etc])
Every project gets its own file inside the project folder. This will have links to sub projects and will also have its own notes and updates about the project so that it becomes a one stop location to check on a project and its history. When I finish/halt a project I move it into the Completed or Discontinued sub folder in the Projects folder.
When I need a next action on a project, I open one of the next action lists and use and add a task in there with a backlink to the relevant project. This way when I am reviewing my projects I can use the backlinks panel to see what next actions I have pending.
References are additional things like mails/announcement I am writing up. I insert references to these inside the project document (I'll use ![[project X status update announcement]] to embed)
The tickler is exactly like it's described in the book. Each day and each month gets its own file. I came up with an alphabetical arrangement method so that it displays exactly as the book specifies it — days coming up, next month, the days of the month that are done, the months that are coming up, the months that have completed (in that order). Re arranging this requires a bit of precise naming of files which is why I have a script to do that for me. I run `tickle` when I turn on my computer and the tickled tasks go into my Inbox.md file and everything is arranged automatically.
When I need to pick a next action to work on, I have several workspaces I have saved (eg: Work tasks to choose from). I open the workspace, review a next action to work off of and get into it.
And that's all there is to it. It's a lot of words to describe a process that doesn't require any mental overhead to maintain. The only mental overhead is in following the process required by GTD and that's a given :D .
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Re: Ask HN: How do you manage – and remember to manage – your to-do list in 2022?
#83GTD. 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.
Could share more detail on how you've setup GTD with Obsidian? I've been using Obsidian for my note taking and would be interested to hear about your approach.
Re: Ask HN: How do you manage – and remember to manage – your to-do list in 2022?
#84Google Tasks for basic day-to-day stuff, typically up to a week out from the current day. For overflow beyond that, I have a Google Sheet that just keeps growing. I categorize activities into their basic category, and then tag them with one of the following: “urgent and important,” “urgent and not important,” “not urgent and important,” or “not urgent and not important.” What “urgent” means is obvious, but “important…
Would you mind sharing your sheet? Looks interesting.