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I especially like the bits about : > 1. [...] You want to postpone a task? Please enter the exact date to postpone this to. Which project to add this to? Tags?
by rapht 3y ago
I especially like the bits about :
> 1. [...] You want to postpone a task? Please enter the exact date to postpone this to. Which project to add this to? Tags? Subtasks? The amount of things one can customize is really large, but making all this decisions has a cost
and also
> 5. Tasks are not the same. Get milk, write an essay, plan a vacation, reconnect with a friend. These are things of different magnitude, different emotional connection, different context and time commitment. Some tasks aren’t even tasks, e.g. simply items to keep track of or be reminded of. But TODO apps treat them the same. They get the similar looking rows neatly organized in a unified interface.
Obviously, combining 1 and 5 you have all the more issues relating to the need to make decisions between your different task categories, should you choose to manage that aspect too...
In all, the pain with TOOD apps/lists (for me) is not "getting the list done". It's actually "making and maintaining the list". What to put in the list? What not to put? When to update? What kind of details? What sources - Slack, emails, discussions, meetings, ideas? The overhead of just making/maintaining the list is what kills it.
- ozim 3y agoSo my take on this is that people try to organize themselves to death. They take TODO app and think it will help them become next Bill Gates - just like waking up earlier or reading more books. Problem is waking up earlier or reading more books and so TODO apps won't do anything for you. TODO app will help you achieve a goal if you first have a goal and something real not like "become rich" and then you start putting in "get milk, write essay". Don't put getting milk on your todo list. Try to write an essay - well put steps or things you have to read first to write an essay, let's say you write an essay on Seneca, well obviously your todo should contain: - read on shortness of life by Seneca - read Seneca wiki page and take notes - read Seneca wikiquotes page and take notes - write an outline - write out first paragraph introducing reader to Seneca based on wiki page notes - write out paragraph on "On Shortness of Life" If you have clear goal todo list is useful, if you want to manage your whole life and maintain it in todo app - that is not doable.