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Ask HN: How do you organize your tasks / life?

1 pointsby caserover 8 years ago
I&#x27;ve decided in 2017 that I want to be more organized, and so would be interested to know what processes you use to stay organized &amp; focused.<p>For me, I think the biggest issues right now are that I don&#x27;t have 1 universal to-do list, and I don&#x27;t have specific time set aside for planning &#x2F; prioritizing all the tasks on my plate.<p>So, at the very minimum, I&#x27;m planning to put some time aside on Sunday each week to plan out what I&#x27;m doing and when I&#x27;m doing it, and to try and be rigid about keeping everything in one central task &#x2F; project list.<p>What else have you found helpful? Would love to hear simple &#x2F; useful processes that keep you going.

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ConroyBumpusover 8 years ago
todo.txt and its accompanying structure [0] &#x2F; rigor are a good starting point. Keeping the thing in a place that syncs across multiple platforms is an exercise for the reader.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;ginatrapani&#x2F;todo.txt-cli&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The-Todo.txt-Format" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;ginatrapani&#x2F;todo.txt-cli&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The-Todo.tx...</a>
newswriter99over 8 years ago
As a last-minute disorganized person, I can say that writing things down analog style is useless. I&#x27;ll just lose&#x2F;forget to look at the paper.<p>Instead I try to fill up my phone&#x27;s calendar with &quot;to do&quot; items which have specific alarms. Some of them are daily, others are weekly, etc.<p>It&#x27;s hard to track my progress but at least that method allows me to get &quot;reminded&quot; that I wanted to put my mind to something.