So I'm curious how 'Remember the Milk' is better than my todo list on a my laptop sticky note program. Why does it work for you?
I've had a running list for almost 4 years now (started it when I arrived in the UK) and I love love love it. But I'm sure that there's always room for improvement.
1. I had been using a notepad to keep a list- however, I'd end up crossing things off in a random order and a few things would get lost in the cross-offs. 2. I'm not always in front of the same computer (work/home) 3. I can ignore stickies 4. Remember The Milk will email me at very opportune moments - if told- to remind me to do stuff. 5. Work lists have -in the past- required many lists 6. RtM lists can -theoretically? if I recall? - be shared with others 7. You can have separate tabs/subjects of lists. I have two for work and one for home. 8. Work tasks are sometimes ongoing when I'm herding cats. It also lets you put in notes/URLs- all sorts of details. Some notes lasted for months and helped remind me not just to do a thing but how I got there ... OK. Is 8 enough? (ahhhhhhhh ahahahahahahaa) It occurs to me in my pre-caffeinated haze: did you mean an actual sticky note program, or did you mean a literal sticky note?
I meant a sticky note program on my (Mac) laptop. I do a lot of stuff on stickies; it truly frightens J how many I have. But they work well for me. David Allen, in 'Getting Things Done', mentions that there needs to be a place that's a repository of all the tasks/projects/plans that one might want to keep in one's head. The sticky-notes in my laptop do that for me. The only thing that would be helpful might be a calendar that's laid out with days and boxen, like a real calendar, so I can write things into each day and see what's coming up. I tried doing this with a paper calendar and coordinating it with my running 'todo' stickynote, but it became Too Much Work.
I'm glad that you found something that worked for you - go you!
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I've had a running list for almost 4 years now (started it when I arrived in the UK) and I love love love it. But I'm sure that there's always room for improvement.
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2. I'm not always in front of the same computer (work/home)
3. I can ignore stickies
4. Remember The Milk will email me at very opportune moments - if told- to remind me to do stuff.
5. Work lists have -in the past- required many lists
6. RtM lists can -theoretically? if I recall? - be shared with others
7. You can have separate tabs/subjects of lists. I have two for work and one for home.
8. Work tasks are sometimes ongoing when I'm herding cats. It also lets you put in notes/URLs- all sorts of details. Some notes lasted for months and helped remind me not just to do a thing but how I got there
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OK. Is 8 enough? (ahhhhhhhh ahahahahahahaa)
It occurs to me in my pre-caffeinated haze: did you mean an actual sticky note program, or did you mean a literal sticky note?
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I meant a sticky note program on my (Mac) laptop. I do a lot of stuff on stickies; it truly frightens J how many I have. But they work well for me. David Allen, in 'Getting Things Done', mentions that there needs to be a place that's a repository of all the tasks/projects/plans that one might want to keep in one's head. The sticky-notes in my laptop do that for me. The only thing that would be helpful might be a calendar that's laid out with days and boxen, like a real calendar, so I can write things into each day and see what's coming up. I tried doing this with a paper calendar and coordinating it with my running 'todo' stickynote, but it became Too Much Work.
I'm glad that you found something that worked for you - go you!
::productive high-fives you::