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For personal, it goes into my Apple Reminders app.
I put in as much or as little information as I care to, at that moment.
I make it a point to look at both every day, and adjust items as necessary.
I do keep a pen and notepad on my nightstand, but my phone's also there, so I almost never end up using the notepad.
For awhile I was chucking notes into Obsidian but now I'm in the process of transferring it all of my phone to text files on my laptop and using paper more again. The shine is off Obsidian; takes too long to load, and the Find action is too out of reach. I like the act of writing by hand, anyway.
Remember it in your brain: It's like let the state occupying one of the 16 registers in your brain. Later it will automatically offloads in the hard disk in your brain but there's a chance it gets lost or cannot be recalled reliably. Not recommend. But I do this more recently because I realised I don't have to do everything.
The stateless approach: Do it immediately so you don't need to bear the state/variable. Even though sometime it disrupts my current tasks, I find this approach is surprisingly relieving - less debts. Just like software engineering - minimise states because they're evil.
External storage approach: Write it down on paper or an app. There are trade offs between the tool you're using, but the key is to minimise the cost of your moves.
For pen and paper I tried different configurations until I can always comfortably carry them in my pocket.
For digital approaches I'm currently shovel things to Linear. Make sure you're fluent with shortcuts so you can create tasks and jump around like a breeze. I also use Arc browser and pin it in the third slot so I can jump to Linear with without even thinking about it.
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Generally, I have one "backlog" list and one "current" list. Whenever a task comes up, I make a small box ("⃞") and a description in one of the lists. I fill in the box when a task is done ("■"). Every 1-3 days I start a new current todo list by striking through remaining items off the old one and writing them in priority order in a new list, writing them in backlog, or deciding they don't need to be done, ever ("⊠"), or delegate to someone (strike through with an arrowhead and note about the name). Every week or so I do the same thing with the backlog list. I always write the date at the top of the page when I start a new list, and very rarely note dates for starting/finishing tasks.
I see a few benefits with a notebook system. 1) It takes some effort to rewrite tasks so it also encourages me to just do 5 or so low-effort tasks for 20 minutes instead of re-writing them. 2) If I need to focus on some particular tasks, I can make a priority list in a very deliberate order, finish it and then go back to my current list. 3) I can look back at my old lists and see patterns in struck-through vs checked-done vs X-d tasks vs delegated tasks
I also take notes (for meetings etc) in the notebook, and when needed for work, rewrite them in confluence or whatever. At the top right corner of pages which need an online version, I draw "⧄", and I fill it in as "◩" when it's actually online. It's saved my ass a few times to use my notebook to say "well we met on x date, and I put the notes online with you tagged so you should know this" or "I see here that I marked this task as done, and thinking back I sent you a message about it". It's way faster and more credible in the moment than opening your laptop and searching n number of services for communication.
But I just follow one simple rule. Don't even try to remember anything critical, put all information in Google Keep, or paper if I want to appear professional or not break theming and atmosphere by being seen with a phone.
If it's time based I set calendar reminders.
The only time I don't use tech is when the cost of failure is relatively low, otherwise... I've screwed myself over way too many times by not setting reminders.