People who use Notion to plan their whole lives

Re:People who use Notion to plan their whole lives by noltncy on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @08:39PM (#35708493)

Several times I keep finding me switching through apps. When notion became the rage, I went to make an account to find out that I already had an account (with to do lists from months ago). I have made sincere attempts to use it as my primary tool, often spending days on setting it up and sometimes money. I always lose interest and switch to the next fancy thing.

Among Notion, amazing Marvin, ticktick, toodledo, things, Microsoft todo, several calendar apps, structured, streaks, Any do, dynalist, OneNote, trello, clickup- I finally (for now) settled on Drfats and OneNote (at work since it comes default and I can move pages around).

Drafts- can’t handle images. Also needs about 20$/year. (I have paid for majority of the above listed apps at some point, including notion for their ai. ) But on the plus side, I got into a habit of just dumping everything on my phone directly into drafts, hoping I will dirty and organize it later. So the capture part is kind of good right now. The acting on captured part is still pending.

Also recommend an app called zen diary which is a linear flow of text, like a log.

I have ADHD, refuse to acknowledge it and I use Apple devices personally and windows at work.

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Re:People who use Notion to plan their whole lives by hammyhavoc on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @09:00PM (#35708634)

The game-changer for me was MyLifeOrganized. The killer feature is dependencies, so you can choose to only be shown actionable tasks at any given moment, complete with context sensitivity. The only thing missing is sharing tasks with others.

With that in mind, I've been using Active Collab since 2006 for collaborating with others. It has dependencies too, but doesn't work anywhere near as well as MLO.

I've tried most of what's available over the years, but finally happy overall. I keep the widget on my home screen with an interactive list, and can also double tap the back of my Pixel in any app and add a new task. Super cool, and works on all my other devices very well.

Re the ADHD, I was diagnosed as a child and was apparently the youngest person to ever be prescribed it in the UK, stopped taking it at about ten, and now looking to get back on it, but enduring the waiting list currently. My partner's cousin has ADHD, and seeing the difference between her medicated and unmedicated gave me the realization that my dose was wrong pre-puberty, and rather than stopping it entirely, I should have been willing to figure the dosage out instead. Highly recommend people just embrace that they probably aren't a lazy failure or disorganized mess, if the intent is there but the execution isn't, they've probably got ADHD, and there's plenty of options.

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