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I am less worried about getting things done on schedule in my personal life. For better or worse. I block out time on my calendar sometimes or create an event on my calendar in the future. I will also sometimes schedule send an email to myself as a reminder.
There are some nice self-hosted open-source alternatives/copycats (https://alternativeto.net/software/todoist/), but I've been too lazy the last few years to try and the price is generally reasonable enough that I haven't been too motivated.
Perhaps my answer is a bit unconventional. I try to run my life around the idea of "challenges", and internal/external obstacles I need to "overcome" to get to the next stage. I try to put everything I am doing under a larger "overcome challenge" framework. When there is a concrete story I want to complete, something I wish to accomplish, it is just much easier to get going. Also, I encourage the people around me to…
Do you find it exhausting always fighting yourself? Always fighting challenges and gamifying life? Or do you thrive on completionism or achievement that requires you to constantly struggle? I’m all for accomplishments but daily “challenges” sounds exhausting. How do you balance that with time off and relaxation?
Can you meditate and stay still for 5 minutes? Well, try to stay still for 15 minutes. Try to reduce number of negative thoughts in a day, etc.
It is just about finding the right type of framing the challenge for yourself.
No, I don't find the process exhausting at all. I find that I get better over time, if I struggle now, and with higher skills/capabilities, life just gets better.
I try to make my life a little more free-flowing so that it doesn't feel like work.
I live with a bit more spontaneity. Text my friends out for a spontaneous dinner, go out spontaneously with wife, make spontaneous weekend trips. Life seems more fun this way.
I think I organize my life to require less organization. Organization is a tool not a goal. What does it take to make a task self-organizing? Can I delegate organization to habit, routine, or ritual? In the past, I thought "I will sit at the computer and organize the N problems of my life." Thus I had N+1 problems. YMMV. Good luck.