I have found that it really really helps to keep a notebook and keep a running list per day of all the things I HAVE to do that day
I work as a developer/ cloud IT engineer. All day long people mention something in meetings or I need to check the uptime/status of a particular asset. It was getting to be too much to keep track of every little thing I had to do.
I eventually settled for writing down things mentioned to me, or things that I’m reminded of. The vast majority of my work I remember, don’t need to write down to keep track of.
Glancing over this, I get that it’s incredibly vague advice. But following a version of this, and starting a new page every day, has really helped me keep track of things.
I’m not adhd (at least I don’t think) but I rely on slack reminders at my job (also tech work).
Having reminders sent as messages is really nice. If I write it down I may forget where I wrote it or forget to even check my list if I get plugged in on another task too long. With slack reminders I can just say when to remind me and forget about it.
I’m also a massive stoner so that has a little something to do with it too xD
I have my own work checklists, similarly to you. I just open a new page in a physical notebook every day for all the things we don’t track on the sprint board, but I’m responsible for getting done regardless.
I feel you on that last part. In fact, the reason I’ve been going the extra mile and making little reminders for myself is because I’m letting that first hit creep a little closer to 3pm than the normal 5pm lmao.
Haha same. Actually, if I have no meetings I may wake and bake with a coffee on the side. It’s not every day but prob once a week on avg. Helps break up some of the monotony.
Bro, today was a long day of doing nothing for me.
I had to be at work (remotely) and attend some meetings although there’s little to no work I can actually accomplish until tomorrow. For various reasons.
You better believe I was hitting that oil cart today. Infrequently, but still…
Bullet journaling is fscking amazing for this, unfortunately after many years of hard experience, I’ve come to understand that I’m so receptive to environmental stimuli that I just haven’t been able to maintain such a system in a chaotic environment … I need a certain level of baseline peace / recharge in order to be able to stay on top of systems like these. But they do work so well when I can manage it
I have found that it really really helps to keep a notebook and keep a running list per day of all the things I HAVE to do that day
I work as a developer/ cloud IT engineer. All day long people mention something in meetings or I need to check the uptime/status of a particular asset. It was getting to be too much to keep track of every little thing I had to do.
I eventually settled for writing down things mentioned to me, or things that I’m reminded of. The vast majority of my work I remember, don’t need to write down to keep track of.
Glancing over this, I get that it’s incredibly vague advice. But following a version of this, and starting a new page every day, has really helped me keep track of things.
I’m not adhd (at least I don’t think) but I rely on slack reminders at my job (also tech work).
Having reminders sent as messages is really nice. If I write it down I may forget where I wrote it or forget to even check my list if I get plugged in on another task too long. With slack reminders I can just say when to remind me and forget about it.
I’m also a massive stoner so that has a little something to do with it too xD
I have my own work checklists, similarly to you. I just open a new page in a physical notebook every day for all the things we don’t track on the sprint board, but I’m responsible for getting done regardless.
I feel you on that last part. In fact, the reason I’ve been going the extra mile and making little reminders for myself is because I’m letting that first hit creep a little closer to 3pm than the normal 5pm lmao.
Haha same. Actually, if I have no meetings I may wake and bake with a coffee on the side. It’s not every day but prob once a week on avg. Helps break up some of the monotony.
Bro, today was a long day of doing nothing for me.
I had to be at work (remotely) and attend some meetings although there’s little to no work I can actually accomplish until tomorrow. For various reasons.
You better believe I was hitting that oil cart today. Infrequently, but still…
Bullet journaling is fscking amazing for this, unfortunately after many years of hard experience, I’ve come to understand that I’m so receptive to environmental stimuli that I just haven’t been able to maintain such a system in a chaotic environment … I need a certain level of baseline peace / recharge in order to be able to stay on top of systems like these. But they do work so well when I can manage it
That’s fair I really wouldn’t call my strategy bullet journaling, more like writing a daily to-do list (sparse reminders)
I do this as well but I use Obsidian (yes I know it’s closed source VC ware, bite me) because I’m already at my computer.
I just might have to look into that
No worries, while I agree it’s good to support FOSS alternatives…
A lot of software development is commercially driven, and that’s not a bad thing.