Open Q - organisational systems

[hwarium]

Question to moots and flyby visitors alike: how do you organise your life?! What do you use to track the myriad of sisyphean tasks that composite the human existence: chores, life admin, hobbies, social commitments and big events, side projects, reading lists, expense tracking and budgeting, journalling, article archiving, correspondance..... .... ..or perhaps do you just let go and speedrun raw.

I'm thinking about resetting some systems because items have been slipping off my mind into the ether. I'm currently looking at some kind of app for reoccurring tasks (ticktick / things 3 / microsoft to-do) and consolidating calendars, but would love to know what has worked, or not worked, for this corner of the internet.

Current profile:

• digital systems: android phone + pc + OS + iOS
• journalling, planning, expense tracking, general list-making: pen and paper (jibun techo + leuchtturm)
• budgeting: excel
• thoughts dump, flash to-dos, gym notes: google keep
• holiday planning: google maps and google sheets
• hobby tracking: todoist but ineffective

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

i am a flyby visitor but i am hoping to get some tips and tricks! because currently my system is like...i just don't LOL. ok, not entirely i do use google calendar for appointments, reminders to myself, some recurring things like birthdays; keep for thought dumps, lists, notes to self; and tasks for longer term or non-urgent to-dos like cleaning my dishwasher filter or recycling my plastic bags.

i use monarch for budgeting but i'm a really haphazard budgeter; lose it for meal tracking and storygraph for reading tracking; wanderlog for more complex travel planning; habits app for habit tracking, but its entire function is to remind me to take my medicine everyday at this point. otherwise i don't really track anything and i don't journal. my partner does most of the grocery shopping and meal planning thankfully.

i've always been interested in productivity and organization, but my particular brand of adhd has never responded well to planners or to-do lists when it comes to my personal life. on the other hand i think that means i spend too much mental energy reminding myself of things or constantly checking things.

anyway i'm excited to read all of the comments!

[hwarium]

hello guest <3

it /is/ so exciting reading the comments on this post because I also love thinking about productivity as someone who loves that sense of control amidst the chaos. I also have add tendencies, so rigid lists and formulas never work because I always change my mind on the day to do what most interests me at that moment.

I wrote this post because I want to clean up my systems and try consolidating things into fewer apps so that I'm not juggling all these sources (because things fall through the cracks this way). ty for mentioning wanderlog and monarch, I'll take a look!! what is tha habit tracker app that you use?