Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months and years, not due dates

Re:Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months a... by toyg on Friday September 25, 2020 @02:11PM (#24592536)

This is alright but Todoist (and likely others) more or less already has ways to do this sort of thing. The typical procrastinator simply keeps pushing the unsavoury todos until they accumulate and then it’s game over.

In the end, my problem is not really prioritisation, but the anxiety and inner conflict that comes from feeling the external obligation to do something. I’ve dealt with it with meditation at times but it’s a continuous struggle, like dieting.

I wish there was a way of selling tasks to my brain. Something that could turn items from “YOU HAVE TO DO THIS!!” to “hey, wouldn’t it be cool to do this?”

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Re:Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months a... by wrentopher on Friday September 25, 2020 @02:17PM (#24592613)

"I wish there was a way of selling tasks to my brain. Something that could turn items from “YOU HAVE TO DO THIS!!” to “hey, wouldn’t it be cool to do this?” "

Keep an eye out for future updates! I know what you mean.

I actually had to-doist and it was one of the things that inspired me to want to make this app. I hate pushing to-dos back over and over again.

If I know I'm going to push something back a bunch, I'd rather just mark it "This Year."

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Re:Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months a... by quickthrower2 on Saturday September 26, 2020 @01:44AM (#24596708)

Try tinyhabits (free 5 day email course). What I got from this is even for non habit stuff (like a one off todo list item) you can write it like this:

Pick up sponge

Instead of:

Clean my car

Picking up a sponge is a lot easier! Once it’s in your hand well you’ll be more motivated.

Or “clean car driver side mirror” which is a one minute job. Try to stop yourself cleaning the car after doing that!

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