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When neurotypical people tell you to "just make a to do list". (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

I’m still trying to find what works. I have about 5 different methods, some electronic, some not, and I never use one regularly because I forget.

I really want to find one that I stick to :(

[-] rodbiren@midwest.social 4 points 9 months ago

I use a self hosted version of Trello for work and a combination of hand written notes. Unless I make a Trello note for it that thing may as well not exist. Immediately leaves my mind after. I try to capture the lighting in a bottle by taking enough notes to mean something later. I undercut myself with short cryptic notes sometimes, but usually it is enough to spark my brain back to what I was thinking.

Self hosted version is focal board, for the tech enthusiast.

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

Thanks for the suggestion!

I think I tried trello? But didn’t keep it up for one reason or another.

My problem is that I cannot sync my work and home life/calendars/lists.

So I could have a meeting at work or a doctor’s appointment - unless I remember to put the doctor’s appointment on my work calendar, the appointment won’t alert me at work, and also I don’t get alerts for work events while at home unless I’m using my personal iPad (or get out the laptop, which is usually in the car in the garage) which is an approved device, and I have to be in my special walled-off section of work apps.

I don’t always remember to specifically check my work calendar at the end of the day or my iPad before bed, and this has led to missing more than a few earlier than usual meetings that were scheduled at the last minute.

A combo of iPhone reminders, just telling Siri or HomePod mini is sometimes helpful, if the reminder pops up right when I’m able to take note and do the thing. I wish you could set multiple alert times for a single reminder, especially using voice.

I also use the Due app and have a widget on my home AND Lock Screen to show my list, but now it just kinda blends in and I don’t pay attention to it. sigh

At work I use a combo of post-it notes and sometimes notes from meetings, but I forget to go back and read them. I’m a mess :(