lacroix
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- Aug 19, 2020
I'm interested in hearing how the ambitious guys here organize everything that's going on. Personally, I have ADHD, and my life is kind of a mess. Unfinished projects, an apartment that is beyond cluttered, troubles on the job, massive procrastination, you name it. I've got things in my todo lists that are years old at this point. My lack of organization (and subsequent procrastination) is probably one of the top things holding me back in life.
That said, I've wrested some order out of the chaos.
* I use Todoist and Google Keep both as a sort of "brain dump" for whatever random thoughts cross my mind. Todoist more for todo items, Keep more for general reference materials
* Every Sunday I write a few paragraphs about my previous week in a private journal. I also set some goals for myself, like "do not play video games after 11:30pm." I also set small monetary stakes, for example each night I play video games after 11:30pm I will donate $5 to charity. Sometimes I do end up having to donate, but the extra incentive can really help.
* For daily tasks (that are YES/NO) or things I have to keep track a daily amount of (like approaches per day) I use an Android app called Habits. For example, I can tell you that in the month of October I've gotten exercise three times (not good), had a 22 day streak where I hit on at least one girl per day, and have consumed 260mg of Adderall
* At work (I am a software engineer), I have a text file with all of my various todo items, completely segregated from my personal todoist. Honestly, my work life is also kind of a mess, there's always like two dozen things I'm juggling at once.
* At work, I also create a temporary document in our Google docs equivalent for each individual "project" or "task" where I have to save commands, observations, or various information related to that particular task.
* Google Calendar for all of my appointments in my personal life, and Outlook for all of my work appointments
I'm thinking of trying out the "Getting Things Done" method to organizing life. I'm interested in hearing what the ambitious guys here do to organize all the various SHIT in your life
That said, I've wrested some order out of the chaos.
* I use Todoist and Google Keep both as a sort of "brain dump" for whatever random thoughts cross my mind. Todoist more for todo items, Keep more for general reference materials
* Every Sunday I write a few paragraphs about my previous week in a private journal. I also set some goals for myself, like "do not play video games after 11:30pm." I also set small monetary stakes, for example each night I play video games after 11:30pm I will donate $5 to charity. Sometimes I do end up having to donate, but the extra incentive can really help.
* For daily tasks (that are YES/NO) or things I have to keep track a daily amount of (like approaches per day) I use an Android app called Habits. For example, I can tell you that in the month of October I've gotten exercise three times (not good), had a 22 day streak where I hit on at least one girl per day, and have consumed 260mg of Adderall
* At work (I am a software engineer), I have a text file with all of my various todo items, completely segregated from my personal todoist. Honestly, my work life is also kind of a mess, there's always like two dozen things I'm juggling at once.
* At work, I also create a temporary document in our Google docs equivalent for each individual "project" or "task" where I have to save commands, observations, or various information related to that particular task.
* Google Calendar for all of my appointments in my personal life, and Outlook for all of my work appointments
I'm thinking of trying out the "Getting Things Done" method to organizing life. I'm interested in hearing what the ambitious guys here do to organize all the various SHIT in your life