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

[hyojungss]

> oh yeah i'm too far gone into google...
> talking to my car is the only time i use some kind of "digital assistant" and that's simply because it's the only way to record my thoughts while driving T__T car systems need to be improved... i need dictation at the ready
> i really only use google tasks for those categorized lists and those are usually medium-long-term tasks, but yes it is convenient on mobile. if it's like something i wanna do when i get home i put it in self-chat lol or a reminder
> omg i didn't know LOL my watch later is at 178, i try to cull if it's not something i'm interested in anymore
> i've tried a few things for recipes that haven't really stuck, the one that works for recipes i actually use is my dreamwidth posts LOL.

[hwarium]

- I'm going to take a look at google tasks today and see how it's different to keep (controlling individual tasks over sticky notes I think)
- omg me too, I go back to my own to even remember what I can cook + ofc dw user kumquat's gorgeous recipe list with pictures. I think there's a point to be made about how the more effort you spend documenting your life, the more you revisit that doc... sounds like we should both continue the dreamwidth recipe series