how do you keep track of what you want to get done? I've used so many things - pen/paper, outlook, google tasks, gmail, calendar printouts, whiteboard, corkboard+index cards, agilezen.com, rememberthemilk.com, and i never seem to have a consistent grip on all the things i want to get done today, this week, this month, this year, etc etc

what do you use? what has been the most successful?

7/13/2010 11:46:28 AM

google worked for me during school
i used a whiteboard at work

man up

7/13/2010 11:49:04 AM

For day-to-day things I prefer a piece of paper because for some reason I really enjoy crossing things off.

For deadlines at work I put them on my Google calendar.

7/13/2010 11:50:27 AM

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"I've used so many things - pen/paper, outlook, google tasks, gmail, calendar printouts, whiteboard, corkboard+index cards, agilezen.com, rememberthemilk.com, and i never seem to have a consistent grip on all the things i want to get done today, this week, this month, this year, etc etc"

7/13/2010 11:52:54 AM

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"how do you keep track of what you want to get done?"

7/13/2010 11:53:33 AM

I use my brain. That way I don't lose it.

7/13/2010 11:53:36 AM

I've got calendar that I keep in my work binder for my work related stuff, and a word document on my laptop at home that has more generic things I want to accomplish.

7/13/2010 11:54:07 AM

Smartphone: Notepad app and Alarm app.

7/13/2010 11:54:12 AM

My only advice is don't make planning so complicated that it is something extra you have to put on your to do list.

7/13/2010 11:55:07 AM

this will surely result in a parody thread

7/13/2010 11:56:28 AM

google calendar

I create events with due dates in the titles so that they stare at me every time I open google calendar

I log the time I spend on tasks and projects and any details I may need to cover my ass (job numbers, descriptions, who I worked with)

when something is done, I simply end the event


I figured I can't lose it like a cell phone, PDA or planner

works best for me

7/13/2010 11:57:36 AM

^^honestly I read this at first as dodo list


and as for me... I don't keep lists really- just kinda figure out what I need to do at the beginning of the day and then do it

7/13/2010 12:00:08 PM

Pen/paper & scratch off as I go.

7/13/2010 12:00:44 PM

^me too

i have so much to do in a week it's ridiculous.
i once showed cody my planner last semester and he flipped a little.


the thing that helps me - i pick three (sometimes 4) things i HAVE to get done TODAY. sometimes theyre stupid and menial (like sweep the kitchen or call someone or make a dr's appointment) and sometimes theyre huge or time consuming (write the rough draft of a paper, clean out the fridge).

the only 2 rules i have.... 1.if i have a huge thing to do, ill make sure its the only huge thing i have to do all day, sometimes the only thing i have to do. 2. i have to complete the list. end of story.

7/13/2010 12:05:33 PM

Outlook synced with phone and exchange

7/13/2010 12:10:18 PM

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"the thing that helps me - i pick three (sometimes 4) things i HAVE to get done TODAY. sometimes theyre stupid and menial (like sweep the kitchen or call someone or make a dr's appointment) and sometimes theyre huge or time consuming (write the rough draft of a paper, clean out the fridge). the only 2 rules i have.... 1.if i have a huge thing to do, ill make sure its the only huge thing i have to do all day, sometimes the only thing i have to do. 2. i have to complete the list. end of story."

Most of my lists are one-day-only. Sometimes I make a running list that carries over from day-to-day; but that usually only happens if I'm planning a trip or something out of the norm. It's kinda funny when my list includes cleaning up my bedroom and I run across all the previous lists on my dressers in the process.

A normal list might have a bunch of tasks on one side (2x loads laundry, Sam's Club, do dishes, wash car, etc) and a shopping list on the other side if I have shopping on the list side

7/13/2010 12:28:22 PM

i've found throwing the to-do list in the trash really helps in freeing up the rest of the day

7/13/2010 12:38:20 PM

Today:

Wake up
Take care of dogs
nap
Go Swimming
Fill the Mazda up with gas
Come home and shower
Take care of dogs
Build elliptical
Do laundry
Clean kitchen
Reformat Desktop
Dinner
Go to work.

Getting there...

7/13/2010 12:40:14 PM

white boards and an app on my phone mostly

7/13/2010 12:43:35 PM

notepad.exe

7/13/2010 12:50:56 PM

I used gmail calendar while i was in school. simply because I had due dates all the time. Projects due, homework due, tests to take. You need a caldendar tool for that.

At work I use sticky notes or little peices of paper to write what I need to do down on. Most of the stuff I need to do don't have due-dates. I just need to do them. I can write them all and organize them out across my desk to see what I can do now or later.

When im done with the note, I stick them on a stick (like what waitresses do when they ring up your ticket). I always have to go back to see what i've done.

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7/13/2010 1:01:33 PM

idk, ask my big tittied secretary about my to do list.

7/13/2010 1:05:45 PM

I use reminders on Google Calendar that send to my phone

if they are really important I email and SMS myself at staggered times

7/13/2010 1:11:50 PM

most of the work stuff i write on a piece of paper because i, too, enjoy crossing things off. personal things like appointments and what not i just use my iphone calendar. honestly though, i rarely have enough personal errands to necessitate a list.

7/13/2010 1:12:33 PM

add to my topics

At one point I had a thread in premium palace that I would update occasionally, but I forgot to check it.

7/13/2010 1:16:53 PM

bump

what do y'all use these days?

8/4/2011 11:07:43 AM

whiteboard, evernote, two word docs on my desktop, pen/paper, index card...and everything gets moved around and slowly gets done.

8/4/2011 11:10:32 AM

http://teuxdeux.com/

8/4/2011 11:14:02 AM

evernote

google calendar

paper & pen

8/4/2011 11:16:11 AM

At work I use my whiteboard plus our email system's calendar. Outside of work I use my google calendar and astrid task as well as spiral notebook for some stuff.

8/4/2011 11:16:11 AM

I still try to remember everything, and I inevitably forget something important.

8/4/2011 11:18:03 AM

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"evernote"

+1

i like that my wife can add items to the grocery/shopping list online and it's on my phone (and vice-versa)

8/4/2011 11:24:07 AM

http://www.toodledo.com

It's free, easy to use, and comes in smartphone app version (syncs with website).

I have lists for everything: birthday gift ideas, car maintenance records, groceries, gift cards I own, bill payment schedules, musings, people who owe me money and vice versa, chores, work to-do list, home to-do list, etc.

8/4/2011 11:25:57 AM

I use Evernote as well, just not for a to-do list. I use it for ideas related to things I am writing. It's an idea locker for me. I'll wake up in the middle of the night and put stuff in it.

8/4/2011 12:43:28 PM

^yeah I use it for everything

8/4/2011 12:45:45 PM

evernote
entourage/exchange
notebook
MY BRAIN


in that order.

8/4/2011 12:51:48 PM

Managing your frodo list:
1) Destroy ring.
2) Drink beer.

8/4/2011 12:54:10 PM

Check It app/widget on android
GIANT planner... I write a lot of shit and like to doodle

Also, colored pens

8/4/2011 12:58:47 PM

8/4/2011 1:07:48 PM

well you can cross one of those off now!!!

hows currency looking?

8/4/2011 1:08:26 PM

BobbyDigital wins

8/4/2011 1:10:56 PM

trying http://trello.com this week

9/14/2011 8:07:14 PM

oh trello looks like fun!

9/14/2011 8:10:23 PM

Pepsi added to my to-do list today

{
Pepsi wants me to order monthly now in order to retain the equipment that I've had for 5 years.

Last time I placed an order was November of last year because I've wanted to catch up on product that they force me to order.

I'm probably going to have to get rid of my fountain machine and my pepsi cooler and buy my own $2000 cooler and just keep bottles in stock.

It costs $1.89 to order a pepsi 2 liter from pepsi
It only cost $0.78 to $1.00 to buy a pepsi at the grocery store.

It is completely unfair and enough for me to tell pepsi to take their equipment and fuck off.
}


might use trello to catalog the process

[Edited on September 14, 2011 at 8:42 PM. Reason : .]

9/14/2011 8:34:10 PM

I used to keep a notecard or a notepad in my pocket, and I also used a day planner calendar.


when i acquired my first iPhone, I transitioned to the notepad program. I have, like, 5 pages, with one being the day-to-day to-do list. I also use the calendar feature on the phone.

9/14/2011 8:54:25 PM

This thread reminds me I need to hang up my whiteboard at work.

9/14/2011 8:56:34 PM

Scrum works, and you a pmonk should have a stand-up every morning before work.

9/14/2011 8:59:28 PM

i did have a family scrum board up at one point

9/14/2011 9:06:03 PM

for personal stuff, Evernote.

for werk, TFS

9/14/2011 9:14:17 PM

i just don't make one

9/14/2011 9:48:48 PM