The never ending battle of this "ToDo" thing.
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I've been trying to stick to one specific platform/Method for maintaining ToDo list and live with it consistently. But I really don't why, I've been dropping out from the routine for every few months. I keep changing the methods, Like to write them offline on paper/notebook. Then I ditch these papers & stick to online tools like Trello. Again I drop out. I've tried Evernote, Google Keep, Google spreadsheet, WonderList & a dozen more apps. I can make a long list of them. It just works for few months and I break out again. Among all these candidates, a simple excel sheet has been relatively done better. Finally I keep going back to this sheet. What I dislike the most is me taking notes on Notepad with Dates marked. AS IF I'm going to do it so regularly. If I search my disks, I find a hundred ToDo.txt files. I just totally dislike this scattered junk on my machine. It's not about the App/Method/Tools I think it's with me really. Some kind of mental fatigue while following something compulsively. I just wanted to know is it just me or someone else is there who drops out from this ToDo maintenance routine?
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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I've been trying to stick to one specific platform/Method for maintaining ToDo list and live with it consistently. But I really don't why, I've been dropping out from the routine for every few months. I keep changing the methods, Like to write them offline on paper/notebook. Then I ditch these papers & stick to online tools like Trello. Again I drop out. I've tried Evernote, Google Keep, Google spreadsheet, WonderList & a dozen more apps. I can make a long list of them. It just works for few months and I break out again. Among all these candidates, a simple excel sheet has been relatively done better. Finally I keep going back to this sheet. What I dislike the most is me taking notes on Notepad with Dates marked. AS IF I'm going to do it so regularly. If I search my disks, I find a hundred ToDo.txt files. I just totally dislike this scattered junk on my machine. It's not about the App/Method/Tools I think it's with me really. Some kind of mental fatigue while following something compulsively. I just wanted to know is it just me or someone else is there who drops out from this ToDo maintenance routine?
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
I used to keep my ToDo list on Postit notes stuck to the wall above my bin. Highest priority, furthest from the bin, obviously. Anything which ended up in the bin was by definition nothing I wanted to worry about... :-D
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I've been trying to stick to one specific platform/Method for maintaining ToDo list and live with it consistently. But I really don't why, I've been dropping out from the routine for every few months. I keep changing the methods, Like to write them offline on paper/notebook. Then I ditch these papers & stick to online tools like Trello. Again I drop out. I've tried Evernote, Google Keep, Google spreadsheet, WonderList & a dozen more apps. I can make a long list of them. It just works for few months and I break out again. Among all these candidates, a simple excel sheet has been relatively done better. Finally I keep going back to this sheet. What I dislike the most is me taking notes on Notepad with Dates marked. AS IF I'm going to do it so regularly. If I search my disks, I find a hundred ToDo.txt files. I just totally dislike this scattered junk on my machine. It's not about the App/Method/Tools I think it's with me really. Some kind of mental fatigue while following something compulsively. I just wanted to know is it just me or someone else is there who drops out from this ToDo maintenance routine?
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
I used the grey list between my ears since the days when I did not have a computer yet. Kindof freeware that came bundled with myself.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns. -
I used the grey list between my ears since the days when I did not have a computer yet. Kindof freeware that came bundled with myself.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.I find that my wetware tends to "lose" items, particularly when I leave one room and enter another. It may be a momentary interruption in the WiFi signal, but I'm not sure...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I've been trying to stick to one specific platform/Method for maintaining ToDo list and live with it consistently. But I really don't why, I've been dropping out from the routine for every few months. I keep changing the methods, Like to write them offline on paper/notebook. Then I ditch these papers & stick to online tools like Trello. Again I drop out. I've tried Evernote, Google Keep, Google spreadsheet, WonderList & a dozen more apps. I can make a long list of them. It just works for few months and I break out again. Among all these candidates, a simple excel sheet has been relatively done better. Finally I keep going back to this sheet. What I dislike the most is me taking notes on Notepad with Dates marked. AS IF I'm going to do it so regularly. If I search my disks, I find a hundred ToDo.txt files. I just totally dislike this scattered junk on my machine. It's not about the App/Method/Tools I think it's with me really. Some kind of mental fatigue while following something compulsively. I just wanted to know is it just me or someone else is there who drops out from this ToDo maintenance routine?
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
TODO: Make a single TODO list and stick with it. My own TODO list: 1. Make a TODO list (check) 2. Check off the first item on the TODO list (check) 3. Realize you've already accomplished two things on the list (check) 4. Reward yourself with a nap! (in progress) :D
Best, Sander arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript SQL Server for C# Developers Succinctly Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
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I used to keep my ToDo list on Postit notes stuck to the wall above my bin. Highest priority, furthest from the bin, obviously. Anything which ended up in the bin was by definition nothing I wanted to worry about... :-D
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I used the grey list between my ears since the days when I did not have a computer yet. Kindof freeware that came bundled with myself.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns. -
TODO: Make a single TODO list and stick with it. My own TODO list: 1. Make a TODO list (check) 2. Check off the first item on the TODO list (check) 3. Realize you've already accomplished two things on the list (check) 4. Reward yourself with a nap! (in progress) :D
Best, Sander arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript SQL Server for C# Developers Succinctly Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
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TODO: Make a single TODO list and stick with it. My own TODO list: 1. Make a TODO list (check) 2. Check off the first item on the TODO list (check) 3. Realize you've already accomplished two things on the list (check) 4. Reward yourself with a nap! (in progress) :D
Best, Sander arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript SQL Server for C# Developers Succinctly Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
Here's mine: 1. ToDo ToDo 2. ToDo ToDo ToDo 3. ToDo do do... 4. ToDo do do do Inspired by Pink Panther, you know... :-D
You have just been Sharapova'd.
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I've been trying to stick to one specific platform/Method for maintaining ToDo list and live with it consistently. But I really don't why, I've been dropping out from the routine for every few months. I keep changing the methods, Like to write them offline on paper/notebook. Then I ditch these papers & stick to online tools like Trello. Again I drop out. I've tried Evernote, Google Keep, Google spreadsheet, WonderList & a dozen more apps. I can make a long list of them. It just works for few months and I break out again. Among all these candidates, a simple excel sheet has been relatively done better. Finally I keep going back to this sheet. What I dislike the most is me taking notes on Notepad with Dates marked. AS IF I'm going to do it so regularly. If I search my disks, I find a hundred ToDo.txt files. I just totally dislike this scattered junk on my machine. It's not about the App/Method/Tools I think it's with me really. Some kind of mental fatigue while following something compulsively. I just wanted to know is it just me or someone else is there who drops out from this ToDo maintenance routine?
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
I use a simple spreadsheet for my ToDo list. I have a column that is rated 1 - 10 (decimals included) and I sort the priority on that list. Items that I have finished fall through the filter. I try to groom my list once a week and I add to it everyday. The thing about these types of lists is that you need to come back to it every 2-3 days for it to me effective. You HAVE to stick to it. If you don't then IMHO, you should abandon the list altogether.
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I've been trying to stick to one specific platform/Method for maintaining ToDo list and live with it consistently. But I really don't why, I've been dropping out from the routine for every few months. I keep changing the methods, Like to write them offline on paper/notebook. Then I ditch these papers & stick to online tools like Trello. Again I drop out. I've tried Evernote, Google Keep, Google spreadsheet, WonderList & a dozen more apps. I can make a long list of them. It just works for few months and I break out again. Among all these candidates, a simple excel sheet has been relatively done better. Finally I keep going back to this sheet. What I dislike the most is me taking notes on Notepad with Dates marked. AS IF I'm going to do it so regularly. If I search my disks, I find a hundred ToDo.txt files. I just totally dislike this scattered junk on my machine. It's not about the App/Method/Tools I think it's with me really. Some kind of mental fatigue while following something compulsively. I just wanted to know is it just me or someone else is there who drops out from this ToDo maintenance routine?
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
JIRA at work, everything that needs to be done becomes a backlog task. Works for me (TM)
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JIRA at work, everything that needs to be done becomes a backlog task. Works for me (TM)
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I use a simple spreadsheet for my ToDo list. I have a column that is rated 1 - 10 (decimals included) and I sort the priority on that list. Items that I have finished fall through the filter. I try to groom my list once a week and I add to it everyday. The thing about these types of lists is that you need to come back to it every 2-3 days for it to me effective. You HAVE to stick to it. If you don't then IMHO, you should abandon the list altogether.
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You use this for Home/personal tasks or taking about ToDo-at work?
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
Work-Todo. Personal Todos are managed by either bein iterative (thus repeating) tasks, or by calendar entries.
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I've been trying to stick to one specific platform/Method for maintaining ToDo list and live with it consistently. But I really don't why, I've been dropping out from the routine for every few months. I keep changing the methods, Like to write them offline on paper/notebook. Then I ditch these papers & stick to online tools like Trello. Again I drop out. I've tried Evernote, Google Keep, Google spreadsheet, WonderList & a dozen more apps. I can make a long list of them. It just works for few months and I break out again. Among all these candidates, a simple excel sheet has been relatively done better. Finally I keep going back to this sheet. What I dislike the most is me taking notes on Notepad with Dates marked. AS IF I'm going to do it so regularly. If I search my disks, I find a hundred ToDo.txt files. I just totally dislike this scattered junk on my machine. It's not about the App/Method/Tools I think it's with me really. Some kind of mental fatigue while following something compulsively. I just wanted to know is it just me or someone else is there who drops out from this ToDo maintenance routine?
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
So, really, by implementing a ToDo list you've just given yourself even more to do. Furthermore, if it maintains a hierarchy, which it must by definition of its very existence, well, To Do: see next paragraph. I've a mental list of snarky remarks I could have put in this reply, but really, if you can't remember what it was on its own merit it probably wasn't that important, anyway. Cheer yourself up: as these urgent tasks fade into oblivion, don't fret - they've just gone home quietly - without disturbing you. Now - just do likewise.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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I've been trying to stick to one specific platform/Method for maintaining ToDo list and live with it consistently. But I really don't why, I've been dropping out from the routine for every few months. I keep changing the methods, Like to write them offline on paper/notebook. Then I ditch these papers & stick to online tools like Trello. Again I drop out. I've tried Evernote, Google Keep, Google spreadsheet, WonderList & a dozen more apps. I can make a long list of them. It just works for few months and I break out again. Among all these candidates, a simple excel sheet has been relatively done better. Finally I keep going back to this sheet. What I dislike the most is me taking notes on Notepad with Dates marked. AS IF I'm going to do it so regularly. If I search my disks, I find a hundred ToDo.txt files. I just totally dislike this scattered junk on my machine. It's not about the App/Method/Tools I think it's with me really. Some kind of mental fatigue while following something compulsively. I just wanted to know is it just me or someone else is there who drops out from this ToDo maintenance routine?
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
I would imagine the frequency of your changing ToDo list management methods is directly proportional to the size of your ToDo list. ;) If you haven't already, I would suggest installing Wife. Wife will always prioritize your ToDo list, and comes with a built in nagging reminder system. Marc
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I find that my wetware tends to "lose" items, particularly when I leave one room and enter another. It may be a momentary interruption in the WiFi signal, but I'm not sure...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I've been trying to stick to one specific platform/Method for maintaining ToDo list and live with it consistently. But I really don't why, I've been dropping out from the routine for every few months. I keep changing the methods, Like to write them offline on paper/notebook. Then I ditch these papers & stick to online tools like Trello. Again I drop out. I've tried Evernote, Google Keep, Google spreadsheet, WonderList & a dozen more apps. I can make a long list of them. It just works for few months and I break out again. Among all these candidates, a simple excel sheet has been relatively done better. Finally I keep going back to this sheet. What I dislike the most is me taking notes on Notepad with Dates marked. AS IF I'm going to do it so regularly. If I search my disks, I find a hundred ToDo.txt files. I just totally dislike this scattered junk on my machine. It's not about the App/Method/Tools I think it's with me really. Some kind of mental fatigue while following something compulsively. I just wanted to know is it just me or someone else is there who drops out from this ToDo maintenance routine?
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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I would imagine the frequency of your changing ToDo list management methods is directly proportional to the size of your ToDo list. ;) If you haven't already, I would suggest installing Wife. Wife will always prioritize your ToDo list, and comes with a built in nagging reminder system. Marc
Latest Article - Merkle Trees Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
Marc Clifton wrote:
I would suggest installing Wife.
This application is no longer being supported by its creator, and has a few serious bugs: 1. Tends to chatter at high speeds 2. No "mute" option 3. Requires constant attention and maintenance 4. If does not receive attention, may decide to spontaneously uninstall itself, trashing any Money files in the process
Marc Clifton wrote:
Wife will always prioritize your ToDo list
According to the application's built-in priorities, not yours.
Marc Clifton wrote:
comes with a built in nagging reminder system
Which cannot be disabled under any circumstances.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill
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I've been trying to stick to one specific platform/Method for maintaining ToDo list and live with it consistently. But I really don't why, I've been dropping out from the routine for every few months. I keep changing the methods, Like to write them offline on paper/notebook. Then I ditch these papers & stick to online tools like Trello. Again I drop out. I've tried Evernote, Google Keep, Google spreadsheet, WonderList & a dozen more apps. I can make a long list of them. It just works for few months and I break out again. Among all these candidates, a simple excel sheet has been relatively done better. Finally I keep going back to this sheet. What I dislike the most is me taking notes on Notepad with Dates marked. AS IF I'm going to do it so regularly. If I search my disks, I find a hundred ToDo.txt files. I just totally dislike this scattered junk on my machine. It's not about the App/Method/Tools I think it's with me really. Some kind of mental fatigue while following something compulsively. I just wanted to know is it just me or someone else is there who drops out from this ToDo maintenance routine?
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
Vunic wrote:
someone else is there who drops out from this ToDo maintenance routine?
I have also tried (in vain) many of the programs you mentioned. The best thing I have found so far is OneNote...it's actually the only thing I use it for. Legal pads and scratch paper are gathered at the end of the day, or at the start of the next day and the interesting bits get updated, added, or marked as complete in OneNote.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
