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I've been passively on the hunt for a task manager for a couple weeks now. It seems everything points to Todoist for me. I love the idea of org mode but it's to
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I've been passively on the hunt for a task manager for a couple weeks now. It seems everything points to Todoist for me. I love the idea of org mode but it's too much for my use case and I think a mobile app would be pretty helpful for me, given how often I'm away from a computer. I don't use Apple products so Things 3 is out. Obsidian is an interesting knowledge management tool that I'm looking into separately but it would replace a different tool I currently use for a different purpose so it doesn't make sense to mix those right now. Bullet journalling kind of defeats the point because I want repeating tasks to be automated (e.g. remember to do laundry once a week,be ready to go grocery shopping every 2 weeks, etc).
The biggest issue is how I want to organize tasks. The way I see it, there are several categories of tasks that exist in my life sperated by frequency, due dates or lack thereof, and priority. It'd be nice to have them all in one place but still treated as somewhat separate. It's like the difference between "stop at the drug store some time this week", "look into this new web framework at some point when I get some down time", "take out the trash on Sundays", "journal every day", "file this report by the the of the month", "it'd be nice to pick up some new jeans at some point", etc. They should all be treated fundamentally differently but they all take up my time so I want them aggregated. Arguably it's even more important to aggregate the ones without deadlines because they're the most likely to be put off. I've been thinking about making my own solution but I haven't decided on the best way (or even a good way) to model it yet.
I'm not sure what I'm looking for by making this comment. I guess in part I'm curious if others have had similar experiences and what solution works well for them.
- Dkastro92 4y agoYou should try "remember the milk".
- _emacsomancer_ 4y agoCf. https://github.com/abrochard/emacs-todoist https://github.com/abrochard/emacs-todoist
- ildon 4y agoTry Akiflow.com, it's great for merging all tasks in a single palce and then planning and scheduling. Disclaimer: I work @Akiflow :-)
- bobbylarrybobby 4y agoMy issue with Todoist is it doesn’t recognize the concept of start dates and due dates — there are only dates. Many tasks can be open to be started before they’re technically due, but Todoist can’t model this. I recommend 2Do.
- nucleogenesis 4y agoSure you’ll get tons of recs but I’ve found Sunsama to be a great tool for separating things into categories. It’s helped me separate family house tasks from work tasks. I can view them, plan them, etc separately or together.
- Xelynega 4y agoDoes taskwarrior meet your needs? It has a mobile app, cli interface, and web UI. Tasks are organized by hierarchal "project"(like "home", "home.wardrobe") and have 20 standard attributes that can be given(time estimate, due date, dependencies, priority, urgency). When looking at the list of tasks the default ordering is priority, and you can filter by project or other attributes. It also supports recurring tasks for things you want to track over time(i.e. your daily journaling and monthly report examples).