I've really struggled with this for a long time. I used Excel to manage my tasks, I used emacs (org-mode), Asana, Monday.com, etc... At one point I got fed up

I've really struggled with this for a long time. I used Excel to manage my tasks, I used emacs (org-mode), Asana, Monday.com, etc... At one point I got fed up and designed my own Notions-like clone in Django. It supports markdown and a bunch of commands that are very specific to me, mainly around sentence-level tagging so that I can tag everything and come back to tags later when I feel like it. I find this to be the best approach... It's now a mix of bookmarking tool, to do list, and journal all in one. To get to this point, I needed to really think intentionally and deeply about what my workflow was like. I had to observe myself and ask why I would stop using certain tools or why I would get overwhelmed. I also had to be honest with myself: being conscientious takes time and investment... If you want to keep up with yourself and everything you're doing, you need to make time to organize yourself. I didn't really do this before.