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Me too. 20 years, actually. Mine was called todo.txt. It got unwieldy. I am now on todo2.txt.
> Email: Email is obviously a part of my workflow...flag Red if it's something I need to deal with, flag Orange if.... So, it's not just a single .txt file. It's an email app, a calendar app, and Org Mode with more steps and no features?
My kingdom for a fast, one-page, multiplatform notes app that could accomplish this
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Looks like the quote was from Will Durant, based on an Aristotle saying. >"Virtues are formed in man by his doing the actions," Aristotle said. The writer Will Durant interpreted it thusly: "We are what we repeatedly do… therefore excellence is not an act, but a habit." https://dailystoic.com/we-are-what-we-repeatedly-do/
I think a more accurate translation of Aristotle's quote is simple, "virtues are actions, not words." It's more about actions speaking louder than words.
What Aristotle talks about in Ethics is not only a habit or actions but also what drives that.
Does anyone else take notes by sending messages to themselves on Signal or another messaging app? I've been doing that for years. Taking notes in dedicated note-taking apps always seems to involve more friction than sending myself a message. The note-taking apps I've tried also lacked polish compared to messaging apps. It's important to me that I can take notes on my phone because it's the thing I have on me most of…
The key to this solution isn’t really the .txt file or the formatting. It’s the ritual. Any productivity system can be made to work once it becomes a habit and therefore your default action. I think .txt files or Org mode are attractive to devs because they feel like something we’d be doing anyway during our day. the same system will work with a paper journal or even a fresh piece of paper every morning if, and only…
.txt is a factor. It makes input much faster than note taking apps and is much easier to search.
I moved to mutt 10 years ago, no regret and its the first thing i look in the morning
But how do you incorporate workflow into this, particularly task-management for both one-time and repeat tasks?
(I can think of a few possibilities. I'm interested in what you're doing specifically in this regard, if anything.)
I have a one-liner bash alias that stores whatever I feed it into a file by todays date, alias "note"="echo $1 >> ~/.notes/`date+'%Y-%m-%d'`.note" So you end up with a folder of files formatted like this 2021-11-02.note. Then to view them I either just cat it, or jump in to a text editor. I have an alias to cat todays .note alias "notes"="cat ~/.notes/`date+'%Y-%m-%d'`.note" I have sometimes considered fleshing it ou…
Thanks. Space between "date" and "+"?