Calling all task masters! Feedback needed for research.

Hey Alex,

Sticking to personal projects & individual work here;

• Daily lists, weekly larger lists, then a longer-term planned task list thats a bit more irregular
• I use https://journalisticapp.com/ for occasional journaling - it's beautiful
• Both paper and digital - mix it up fairly frequently to try and improve on each
• Software - tired a bunch currently notion but interested in Roam if I could get access...
• A big problem with Notion is the lack of Apple Pencil support, big fan of being able to handwrite and persist my notes across devices, but I know its a bit of a niche issue

Hope this helps!

Hi Alex,

I am not an experienced journal keeper, but I can suggest a great tool for that - notion.so.
This is the first tool I have a passion to open every day in the morning. You can organize there a lot of your daily routine:

1. Plans for tomorrow
2. Ideas Backlog
3. Journaling your past day
   (actually, there are a lot of templates for different needs)

You can totally replace trello for personal use because notion provides you with kanban boards as well.

Hope that my comment was useful for you 😉

Hi Alex,

I love these questions!

# How often do you update a task list?
This depends on the type of task e.g. for daily miscellaneous tasks like "take medicine" or "pick up milk tomorrow" I update the task list whenever the item comes to mind. For more specific task lists like work or personal projects, I have the list open somewhere and I just check off or add as the item is done.

# Are you also journaling? if so, using the same tool or a different one?
I've been journaling for a very long time and I believe that nothing beats the feeling of pen-and-paper! However, about half a decade back I lost my journal and other items in a fire and since then I've moved to digital solutions - I still carry around a pocket notebook though so I can write in it anytime inspiration strikes!

# Are you using a paper or a software tool?
As of now, I'm using software for almost everything except a pocket notebook I mentioned in the previous point and paper for other stuff like quick wireframes or quick pseudo code.

# If using software, which one (more than 1 is ok)
I'm a software junkie so I keep on trying out different tools but for now I have this habit of dividing my work into different apps:

1. Personal Tasks in Microsoft ToDo,
2. Daily or Random Thoughts in Google Keep,
3. Work in Trello,
4. Journal in Microsoft OneNote though I used Journey before this,
5. Database, CRM and Finances in Microsoft Excel though I'm looking into migrating to Notion

# If using software, does anything bother you in the product you're using?
My biggest issue with all the existing tools is how they, at the end of the day, "force" you to use them in a specific way. I like OneNote because it lets you write anywhere on a page which is a sense of freedom. That's the reason I'm really liking the premise of Notion because I can write anything and then "drill" down into it for details.

I hope this helps you in your research!

Hey Alex,
I don't use any. I'm pretty terrible at managing tasks... I hear a lot of people talking about Trelo. (Trello?)
I think I'm going to give it a try