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Wow, the first article is just awful. He's not even saying that to-do lists don't help. He's saying that if they do help you, you're broken. Congratulations o

Wow, the first article is just awful. He's not even saying that to-do lists don't help. He's saying that if they do help you, you're broken. Congratulations on having never forgotten something important, I guess? I apologize for being a mere mortal who gets distracted and forgets things sometimes.

jrs235 5y ago
Problem is, author likely hand waves your concern away. If it was truly that important you wouldn't have forgotten it. :vomit:
low_tech_love 5y ago
It’s a part of the “everything you do must be awesome” movement. They forget that most people have a job and a personal life to take care of. Ticking items in a todo list is perfectly fine. Also I had a feeling their main argument is that they’re getting overwhelmed by the list itself. I guess it can be a problem, but the solution is to learn to let your list go sometimes. You must re-assess it regularly.
- Izkata 5y ago
  > Also I had a feeling their main argument is that they’re getting overwhelmed by the list itself. I guess it can be a problem, but the solution is to learn to let your list go sometimes. Yeah, near the end: > Here's my challenge. If you can't wake up every day and, using your 100% original equipment God-given organic brain, come up with the three most important things you need to do that day – then you should seriously work on fixing that. I don't mean install another app, or read more productivity blogs and books. You have to figure out what's important to you and what motivates you; ask yourself why that stuff isn't gnawing at you enough to make you get it done. Fix that. He's kinda indirectly saying you should have a daily to-do list, started anew instead of ever-growing, just avoiding using the term "to-do list". Amusing little aside, I use "to-do list" instead of "todo list" because I can't help read it as the Spanish "todo", which would translate to "everything list". That would be too overwhelming a list.
  - low_tech_love 5y ago
    That quote is the perfect definition of "everything you do must be awesome".
kstrauser 5y ago
Guess I’m broken. Fortunately, because I have a good to-do list, I can brute force my way through the brokenness and actually be productive. I envy people who can remember all their obligations with storing them somewhere. I am not one of those people.
noodleman 5y ago
Articles like this leave me wondering how they really live their lives. I don't know if I smell BS but most people who use todo lists aren't todo-ing their whole day, nor wasting time adding things to it they never do. I've also never felt the need to download multiple apps. My calendar app works for long-term and paper & pen can handle the rest.

jrs235 5y ago

Problem is, author likely hand waves your concern away. If it was truly that important you wouldn't have forgotten it. :vomit:

low_tech_love 5y ago

It’s a part of the “everything you do must be awesome” movement. They forget that most people have a job and a personal life to take care of. Ticking items in a todo list is perfectly fine. Also I had a feeling their main argument is that they’re getting overwhelmed by the list itself. I guess it can be a problem, but the solution is to learn to let your list go sometimes. You must re-assess it regularly.

Izkata 5y ago
> Also I had a feeling their main argument is that they’re getting overwhelmed by the list itself. I guess it can be a problem, but the solution is to learn to let your list go sometimes. Yeah, near the end: > Here's my challenge. If you can't wake up every day and, using your 100% original equipment God-given organic brain, come up with the three most important things you need to do that day – then you should seriously work on fixing that. I don't mean install another app, or read more productivity blogs and books. You have to figure out what's important to you and what motivates you; ask yourself why that stuff isn't gnawing at you enough to make you get it done. Fix that. He's kinda indirectly saying you should have a daily to-do list, started anew instead of ever-growing, just avoiding using the term "to-do list". Amusing little aside, I use "to-do list" instead of "todo list" because I can't help read it as the Spanish "todo", which would translate to "everything list". That would be too overwhelming a list.
- low_tech_love 5y ago
  That quote is the perfect definition of "everything you do must be awesome".

kstrauser 5y ago

Guess I’m broken. Fortunately, because I have a good to-do list, I can brute force my way through the brokenness and actually be productive. I envy people who can remember all their obligations with storing them somewhere. I am not one of those people.

noodleman 5y ago

Articles like this leave me wondering how they really live their lives. I don't know if I smell BS but most people who use todo lists aren't todo-ing their whole day, nor wasting time adding things to it they never do. I've also never felt the need to download multiple apps. My calendar app works for long-term and paper & pen can handle the rest.