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by Brajeshwar 1310 days ago
First, let me clarify that I'm not against any tools and am always looking for that ideal one to lean on.

I realized that most people are looking at the tools to solve their problems and hoping that it will somehow nudge/pressure/force/cajole them into doing their tasks. However, I believe that no external tool will be meaningful unless you develop a system or a pattern of acting on how to get things done.

I was a very early user of teuxdeux.com, Fantastical, etc. and have subscribed for a while. I like the idea of Your Life in Weeks[1], so I'm currently subscribed to TimeStripe[2]. However, it looks like I'm better off just journaling and mind-mazing my future in plain-text[3]. If I need something, I might copy or design up something.

Like the other comments, my take is, Tweek indeed looks beautiful and brilliant, and I will try it (signing up now).

But then, with such tools, my usual outcome is -- hmmm, I believe I can do that without the tool(s). Here is how my current calendar/todo pattern works;

  - "Important and Urgent" ones are scheduled in the calendar.
  - "Urgent but  Not Important" are delegated or sent to the right person.
  - "Important but not Urgent" are in a running plain-text (todo) that I might visit weekly or monthly.
  - The above may also have a "Maybe" list that is Neither Important NOR Urgent, which I might cancel, defer, or wait until it gets resolved.
Once you have a system and can continue to tweak it, things become lot easier either with a tool or with something as easy and fast as pen/paper.

1. https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/life-weeks.html

2. https://timestripe.com

3. https://brajeshwar.com/2022/plain-text/

1 comments

This looks like your basic Eisenhower matrix. I'd suggest that "Important but not Urgent" is the quadrant where subtasks and project management live.