I've been tackling this lately and planning on writing about it once I land on something that has proven to work for a while:  - Obsidian for mentioning/referencing an ongoing task/project  - Things for keeping a log of things I'm responsible for  - Things is the source of truth for what I need to do still and what is marked as done.   - calendar for tracking what I'm responsible for that day. I've been starting my day blocking off time on my calendar for each task. Blocked off time doesn't mean...

task-notes-thoughts.md

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‎This is Dawn, the minimal calendar to organize everything.
Designed from the ground up, it's the most minimal and powerful calendar ever created.

"Not overloaded with many features and design gimmicks like other calendars, simple and straight to the point that’s what I love. By far the best app tha…

‎Dawn - Minimal Calendar

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How are we all handling our tasks / calendars / notes these days? I’m in the middle of one of my every-couple-of-months crises of thinking of jumping between apps again (this time in particular, Obsidian back to Notion) but still using Fantastical and Apple Reminders. Help!

Google Calendar and Notion for all the things

I’ve used it for several years and I’m still trying to figure out how to best use it. It requires a lot of tweaking to get right.

How do you handle non-project tasks? I've tried PARA before, but never been satisfied with how tasks like "do the dishes" fit in with more serious project work

just wanted to share that for personal planning I use TimeStripe, because I like their way to display days, weeks, months, etc; for quick notes it’s a native Notes app

It’s such a powerful note-taking tool, but absolutely miserable for any kind of project or task management. I wish I didn’t find myself needing to attach notes to projects & tasks so often, I’d use Obsidian full time and find something else for task management

I wish I could stick to stock everything, but I constantly find myself missing features from more specialized tools

I do! It links to all of my projects and areas so it’s nice to keep track of all in one place

indeed

i now just use it with minimal folder structure + quality of life plugins

keeping things simple with obsidian is the only method that has worked for me without causing headaches

couldn't fit it in a post but: https://text.taurean.work/task-notes-thoughts.md

i settled down with apple reminders and notion

obsidian is for journaling and important/high level notes

around. maybe also round, but that’s not the point.

amie’s the calendar (fingers crossed they roll out apple reminders sync soon)

Still trying to figure obsidian out. Need to use it more

I’m trying to stick it out in Obsidian for now 👌🏻

I have! But it just feels like a worse version of Fantastical?

Very useful! Morgen used to support Apple Calendar but then revoked it? And still doesn't support Reminders to my knowledge, but they're an exciting one to watch

I have those connected directly to my areas, otherwise they hang out as a task with no project or area that gets treated as an inbox.

Idk honestly. I didn't go into it as I don't really like the design

For tasks i built my own app, and for notes i use Notes

Currently, I'm using Cron as my calendar (it's connected to your Google Calendar, but it's aesthetically better for me) and sometimes Microsoft To-Do for tasks.

Have you taken a look at Amie? Some people say it's a great tool!

I feel like I’m in a similar boat, but still hate having to split my time & focus between so many places. I’ve had my eye on Amie but have been on their waitlist forever!

How about Dawn? As Apple Calendar + Reminders user I can say it might be worth a try: https://apps.apple.com/ru/app/dawn-minimal-calendar/id1509374383?l=en-GB

I thought Fantastical was mostly just a calendar app. I would describe Ellie more like Amie, a task list where you can add to-do items to your calendar for time blocking.

This looks really beautiful, I'm definitely going to check this out. I do wish they had a browser or desktop app though!

Thanks for the well-though-out response! iirc there was a Things to Obsidian plugin, do you use that to any effect?w

I went down the path of trying to use Notion as my everything app. I now have just focused on building good habits and systems in Craft + Things + Google Calendar.

Oh, my bad, I thought Amie was available to anyone :(

Cron looks great, but I primarily use Apple Calendar so I'll have to wait for that integration.

Amie looks promising but I've been on their waitlist for over a year at this point 🥲

This is definitely one I’ve never heard of, I’m excited to look into it!

I don’t think I’ve seen that but probably wouldn’t use it if I did. I won’t want a note for every task. I look at it like I might want a note for different people in my contacts but I don’t want my contacts syncing with my notes. Only when I have something to say/link

That’s all I can give for now) 
Btw Morgen might support (not sure though) Apple integration…?

Do you handle all of your tasks in Notion?

That’s pretty much what Fantastical is too, but the task portion is fully integrated with Apple Reminders

I’ve tried Obsidian a couple times and left it. I’ve tried leaving Things a couple times and kept coming back. Aside from that it’s just the stock Apple stuff. There are benefits to sticking to simple things that’ll be round forever, even if imperfect.

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