Since remote work started, one of the challenges that I personally faced was
How can I stick to the agenda for the day?
Here’s what I tried,
Started using reminder apps (all of them are nosy and noisy and they have a snooze button)
Started writing my agenda for the day on paper → Now I needed someone to remind me to look at this list
Searched on app stores (android/mac) and found multiple app options but again apps stay behind so many windows open on my Mac
The thing about distraction is you never realize you’re distracted. It takes away time from you minute by minute and at the end of the day, all you’re left with is a lot of pending work and guilt of not getting things done.
This gave me enough motivation to find a solution which is,
This is when I build OrganizeYou and started using it for myself. A few friends and colleagues noticed it and they started using it too.
This gave me validation that problem exists for others too. So when I launched OrganizeYou on the Chrome store in 2021. I got a good response. I have 1000+ users on the MS Edge extension and 100+ users on Chrome consistently for the last 3 years.
Some engaged users started providing valuable feedback and submitting feature requests or bug reports, highlighting the untapped opportunity I hadn't fully grasped as a developer. After a year of procrastination, I made the decision to rebuild and relaunch OrganizeYou as BonsaiDash.app.
I'm not sure where it is gonna go but I'm excited to build that solves a problem for its users.
When I'm building and branding it for other users (as opposed to solely for myself), I'm facing the following challenges:
Apologies if I've missed any community guidelines. This is my first post.