Trello + Google Calendar is a big improvement over my previous, ad-hoc system. For years, I used: - Google Calendar for timed events - Starred Messages in Gmai

Trello + Google Calendar is a big improvement over my previous, ad-hoc system. For years, I used: - Google Calendar for timed events - Starred Messages in Gmail for things I'd need to reference - Drafts in Gmail for things that needed replies - a flat text file for misc things / things that didn't involve interation with others so didn't have emails. The main problem with that system is that it doesn't really help with prioritization. Even things that have a date / time and go into my calendar, I needed some additional note about if they required preparation ahead of time. The text file would also regularly become cluttered with ideas I didn't have time to follow up on, that had to periodically be moved to a separate file. Trello supports: - Custom categories / prioritization levels - Dates & Times - Checklists - Easy movement between phone + laptop - A separate category for "long term", un-prioritized cards. It is also perfectly functional at the free level if you don't want to pay. So while I still star messages in Gmail if they're short-term and need to be referenced frequently, and I still use a calendar for timed events (Sunrise.am now instead of the Google Calendar interface), I've moved everything else into Trello. It also helps that I used the same two tools at work now -- I don't have to transition between two different sets of tools every day.