The most important tools I've found is simply setting milestones and deadlines. The software almost never mattered - the mentality of setting myself accountable

The most important tools I've found is simply setting milestones and deadlines. The software almost never mattered - the mentality of setting myself accountable to deadlines was so much more important. When fleshing out smaller tasks for milestones, I've used Evernote, Clear, Notion, Trello, Google Docs, etc. All of those are great, but I never really cared about the % progress - only that I was going to hit the deadline and working as hard as possible to reach it. The tools end up being a way for me to not forget little things I decide to shaft in order to reach a ship date.