[tells]

During an intense period at university, index cards kept me sane. I wrote my next day schedule on one side every night and kept little to-dos to add on the other throughout the day. I should probably go back to them at some point.

[andai]

Since then, have you found a better way?

[thechao]

I still start each day at work recopying the previous day’s list, reordering it, and adding new items. I’ve tried to move to a computer TODO for a couple of decades, but no success. Most of my peers do nothing, so I do lists for them, too, occasionally. They really like getting a list, and they tend to be more productuve for it. They doodle on them, cross out items, take notes, etc.

[asadjb]

Your system of recopying the previous day's list, reordering, adding new items, and I assume removing any done or stale items, is very close to the Bullet Journal [1] system that I have started to use since last year.

It's interesting to see that you came up with a similar system.

It really is an excellent system that keeps me organized and sane during the hectic periods of life and work.

[1] http://bulletjournal.com/get-started/