“hAvE YoU TrIeD MaKiNg a tO-Do lisT?”

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luthis@lemmy.nz · 11 pts · 3y (3 replies)

I have to-do lists for my to-do lists.

Not even exaggerating.

nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de · 13 pts · 3y (2 replies)

The real problem is that making lists is an infinitely recursive task, each entry on a list can end up becoming its own list. I will frequently spend all day making a list, instead of doing things.

missmayflower@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y

When I hyperfixate on finding the "perfect productivity app" for 2 weeks straight instead of actually doing anything lmao

Pok@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

This is literally how Workflowy, my list-making app of choice, works. And I love it.

YourHuckleberry@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y

Or my favorite, "here let me show you how to use a calendar."

Great, next maybe you could teach a blind kid to ride a bike.

Here's me in 6th grade, reading at a college level, learning algebra, picking up coding because it's fun, and you think the problem is that I don't conceptually get calendars?

PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@vlemmy.net · 7 pts · 3y

Yep. Now I just know all the shit I failed to do today :\

empireOfLove@lemmy.one · 5 pts · 3y

sorry, I only drink Barq's

R3DN_Rosie@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

I would but if I don’t stare at that to-do list non-stop, I will immediately forget it exists.

Krzak@vlemmy.net · 3 pts · 3y

In all seriousness though, breaking things down helped me a bit. It can be useful in certain situations but of course isn't a cure-all.