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I have always struggled with maintaining lists and usually revert back to plain text documents with running bullets — however, that doesn't scale well and I end

by DMell 4y ago

I have always struggled with maintaining lists and usually revert back to plain text documents with running bullets — however, that doesn't scale well and I end up with text files lacking any order. I've since been using Obsidian[0] and, while my process is similar, I am able to create structure around the files and noticed significant improvement. Since starting a new job earlier this month, I simply maintained a notebook with tasks. Once those are complete, I cross them out and add them to my Goals / Brag sheet that I keep for personal reference. I'm now wondering why I didn't do this all along. [0] https://obsidian.md/ https://obsidian.md/

smoldesu 4y ago
I also use Obsidian, with a slightly different workflow. I create 3 different types of lists: week lists, sprint lists and ticket lists. - Week lists are divided into days, with one sub-heading for each day, and a sub-sub-heading for a daily todo list and the day's events/meetings. Each one lets me take notes and prepare info for the day, with a general to-do list at the top of each day that organizes my general goals. It really helps structure everything for me in a meaningful way. - Sprint lists are fairly specific to agile work, but I use them to set goals for each sprint and keep a "birds-eye view" of my work, so to speak. - Ticket lists are specific to Jira tickets, and they're what I link to in the aforementioned two lists. I use these to store information that is specifically relevant to a task at hand. If the knowledge can be generalized, I'll usually try to make a page for it elsewhere in my notes and link to that instead. It's a bit of a mess, but it really helps organize things for me. Being able to anticipate, react and record like that is an essential tool to not driving myself crazy in the workplace.
tcmart14 4y ago
Same here with the text files. They end up going forgotten about until months laters. I even tried obsidian. So for me, I am working on building a TUI application in Rust to do task management. I'll dog food my own code, helps me with learning more Rust, and since I built it, maybe I will actually use it.

by DMell 4y ago

smoldesu 4y ago

I also use Obsidian, with a slightly different workflow. I create 3 different types of lists: week lists, sprint lists and ticket lists. - Week lists are divided into days, with one sub-heading for each day, and a sub-sub-heading for a daily todo list and the day's events/meetings. Each one lets me take notes and prepare info for the day, with a general to-do list at the top of each day that organizes my general goals. It really helps structure everything for me in a meaningful way. - Sprint lists are fairly specific to agile work, but I use them to set goals for each sprint and keep a "birds-eye view" of my work, so to speak. - Ticket lists are specific to Jira tickets, and they're what I link to in the aforementioned two lists. I use these to store information that is specifically relevant to a task at hand. If the knowledge can be generalized, I'll usually try to make a page for it elsewhere in my notes and link to that instead. It's a bit of a mess, but it really helps organize things for me. Being able to anticipate, react and record like that is an essential tool to not driving myself crazy in the workplace.

tcmart14 4y ago

Same here with the text files. They end up going forgotten about until months laters. I even tried obsidian. So for me, I am working on building a TUI application in Rust to do task management. I'll dog food my own code, helps me with learning more Rust, and since I built it, maybe I will actually use it.