Issue trackers are a godsend. If I couldn't write up the various ideas I have while working on other things, I'd never get anything done. Either I'd be flitting around to lower-prio tasks or I'd be constantly tripping over issues that I happened upon earlier or I'd straight up forget to do things.
TODO lists help, but I've never managed to consistently review and clear my TODO lists. That's more often where tasks go to die.
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> Issue trackers are a godsend. If I couldn't write up the various ideas I have while working on other things, I'd never get anything done.
You should read Gettings Things Done (GTD): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done
> clear my TODO lists.
Many TODO are instead MAYBE.
> I'm skeptical of pop psych claims that reading some book will get me to sort out my whole life though
Yes I understand, but the book is well written, so if you like the idea, it is worth reading it, because it is inspirational.
Reading a summary is useful, but doing so you loose the "inspirational" part.
@mzan maybe. in the past I read some summaries of GTD and I've figured out most of the tactical stuff just through working on actual problems with deadlines. the long term strategic stuff, where you're talking about life goals... yeah still working on that. tbh, I'm skeptical of pop psych claims that reading some book will get me to sort out my whole life though