Dynalist is an outliner—a tool that lets you draft documents the way you might plan them on paper, using headings and bullet points as the backbone. (I drafted this article in Dynalist.) It runs in the browser yet feels light,
“I mustn’t run away. I mustn’t run away. I mustn’t run away…” Fans of Neon Genesis Evangelion will recognise this line from the early episodes. Even people who have never watched the series have probably heard it in passing. Shinji
Modern task managers such as Todoist and even Google Calendar make it easy to set recurring tasks. Used well, this is powerful. Used poorly, it becomes a trap. We often create daily recurrences for admirable habits: Exercise Meditation Reading Study
Checking Off Tasks but Still Unsatisfied? You capture ideas in your To-Do list and tick them off one by one. Day after day you repeat the cycle. In theory, that steady rhythm should lead you to your goals. Yet there
Stop Ignoring Overdue Tasks Most task apps let you set due dates and alert you when you miss them. If you manage work with an approach like GTD, it is tempting to add deadlines to everything: “Finish this by the
Previous article: Part 1 Unlike an endless to-do list, a not-to-do list is easy to maintain and delivers huge returns. Start by adding the three poisons introduced in Part 1, then continue from there. Create the List with the Goal
Anyone interested in productivity probably knows Katsuma Kazuyo. She produces an incredible volume of work, and at first glance it looks impossible to emulate. Her idea of banning the “three poisons” and keeping a “not-to-do list” makes that challenge manageable.
Dynalist is a powerful online outliner. Organising ideas in Dynalist makes it easier to decide what to do next. In a previous article we introduced it as a task manager. Because Dynalist was created in English, the default fonts and
No matter how hard we try to manage our time, reality rarely follows the plan. When we feel we wasted an afternoon, we tend to blame ourselves for choosing the easy option—or for not choosing at all. Lost Time Will
Just as we change our wardrobe from season to season, our task lists need regular “closet swaps.” Leaving stale items in place invites stagnation. When Tasks Feel Stale Tasks you keep postponing can fall into two groups: items that no
