Todoist is my favorite app: simplicity, funcionality, really nice design and a lot of integrations. I really like Trello and kanban, but I think it´s more suited for an overall view of a particular Project. Click Up seems to be a good alternative, but I am not particularly fond of its design for tasks lists. Of course, some people use it for tracking to-do lists, but it looks like more as an improvisation than as a tool developed for that specific goal. I don’t think Notion is a good to-do app. Actions, by Moleskine, is a very beautiful app, but too simple. I think Omni Focus is very, very powerful, but it offers so many features that it can be very distracting. I tried Tick Tick, but I abandoned it because subtasks are not effective. Using e-mails to track my to-do lists are not effective, since most of my tasks are not related to emails. I tried several apps and calendars, but Todoist is, by far, my favorite.
#TASKPAPER DISCOUNT CRACKED#
Sunsama ( ) seems to be working on that, along with better collaboration, though I don't think they've quite cracked that incredibly big challenge :-) Ultimately, it would be nice if a To Do list app could help us sort through the noise in our days and get better at identifying what exactly we should focus on. The advantage to that approach is it forces you to distill right away what you should do about an email and put it in your own words so you don't have to root through the email text a second time and re-establish the context for yourself.
I read the GTD idea a long time ago that you should decide if an email is actionable right away while you have the context in your head, do the action immediately if it's quick (< 5 minutes), and put the action on a separate To Do otherwise. I am inclined to agree with the popular notion that you should use your calendar as a task list, but I find I have a hard time predicting how long a given task is going to take me. The app gives you some nice options for scheduling the time to which you want to defer. I would prefer to just carry a pen and notebook, but that is not practical for me because my phone takes up my pocket space :-) The best part about Swipes is swiping left to defer completion of a task. I have a strong preference for simplicity. I've tried several approaches over the years.
Those items, as well as anything we might have in a project management system at work, gets added to my planner as-needed so I can keep myself focused on the right thing for the day.
I use Things to capture stuff on the fly when I don't have my planner in front of me. That said, I haven't cut digital tasks out of my life completely. Using an analog system for goal setting, planning, and organization has forced a much higher level of touch and intentionality that has made me feel much more in control (or, at the very least, more aware) of how I invest my time. "I can't easily look back at what I've done and when." I have not missed this even a little bit and really can't think of the last time I did it when I was using digital systems. "I can't search an analog task list." If I have so many outstanding tasks that I need a search feature to them, I'm probably not delegating or trusting other people enough.
Feels/felt counter-intuitive at first, but I realized the reasons I felt like I needed a digital system were really indicators of weaknesses I was leaning into.
0 kommentar(er)
