While building personal projects recently I’ve tried using different apps for tracking the work. Basecamp (great, but overkill for one person), Notion (meeeehh), GitHub (don’t do this).
For my new project I really couldn’t be bothered so I just started dumping everything in Things, the todo app I’ve used for my personal admin for nearly 15 years.
This was fine for the dozen or so tasks I wanted to get out of my brain at the time, but then it became unwieldy. Until, that is, I discovered the headings feature in projects! 😲
Even though my overall list became longer, the simple act of grouping todos made it surprisingly manageable. Seeing all my tasks together, not buried out of sight, makes me very aware when lists start to get out of hand, which is keeping me on point and focused.
A single, visible page of stuff to do, with the delightful high fidelity, native UX of Things, makes this a winning combination. No fluff, just stuff.
