Ask HN: How do you organize your life?

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by adawg4 • 6 years ago

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Especially when trying to break and form new habits.

firatcan• 6 years ago

So I have an notebook something like a bullet journal. Every morning, I write the tasks that I should do that day but I never use that journal for meetings. I use Calendar app for meetings.

If I want to break a habit every time I have temptation for that feeling I try to replace that feeling with a little great habit. Let me give you an example, Let's assume that I am smoking. If I would like to quit smoking, every time I want cigaret I would read a page from a book(Or ten).

If I want to form a new habit, I would put that habit on the easiest that I could perform. For example, If I want to go to gym, I would put that on the morning because latter I would be tired.

santa_boy• 6 years ago

I'm using a combination of Microsoft To-Do (previously Wunderlist) and Trello ... it works pretty well .. I use the desktop app

I have a small API hack that helps me prioritize and sort data on a custom app

askafriend• 6 years ago

Apple Notes, Reminders, and Google Calendar.

Anything more complex doesn't stick and becomes more work than it's worth in my experience.

Japhy_Ryder• 6 years ago

Things. [0] It's based around the Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology [1]. I love it. Best $10 I've ever spent.

0. http://culturedcode.com/things/

1. https://gettingthingsdone.com/what-is-gtd/

runjake• 6 years ago

Things is great, but the plot twist is that it actually costs $50 for the Mac, $10 for the iPhone, and $10 for the iPad -- all separate purchases.

The company also has a habit of charging $TEXAS for upgrades for new major releases. That is totally within their right and they deserve all the cash they can get -- but that reality may affect your buying decisions.

I did the Things thing for a while but determined the money leaving my wallet wasn't worth it for me. That said, it's among the best, cleanest, highest quality Mac software I've used.

MS90• 6 years ago

I appreciate the proper usage of Texas with a dollar sign in front of it.

I'm still waiting for someone to correctly use a threeve, though.

perilunar• 6 years ago

Yes, Things is nice software, but has a pretty steep price for what is, essentially, just a glorified list manager.

Kevin_S• 6 years ago

Google Calendar and Tasks - the integrated one.

The trick to making google calendar work is putting literally everything on there, from work to personal tasks, to events, to little notes for later. Tasks works especially well with recurring tasks - for example I have vaccuuming and cleaning the kitchen as a recurring Sunday task

Mycr0• 6 years ago

I use ticktick todo list and calendar feature.

davidmott• 6 years ago

Lots and lots of notes. I use Evernote mostly for a wide variety of cases such as projects, errands and also when i'm seeking to form new habits.

m-p-3• 6 years ago

Google Calendar, Google Tasks and Keep notes. The integration works well enough for me, and our family calendar helps planning common stuff together (ie: relatives coming to visit in two weeks, business travel, taking out the garbage, recycling bin and compost, etc).

Keep notes do feel a bit limited when dealing with formatting, but I guess it's simplicity is more important. I use Joplin for more complex note-taking.

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