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There's a lot of to-do list apps, reminders, calendars etc out there advertised towards us to help us do things like break down large tasks into meaningful chunks and focus on what we need to do each day, but I want to hear from the community what do you guys think is the best so let's start a thread

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Goblin tool. You give it a task you want to do and it breaks it down into smaller tasks/steps which you can keep breaking down. Also has a tone rewording tool and a tool for checking if you are taking something in the wrong tone. Super helpful for people with ADHD and Autism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Oh, that looks really promising. But I'm extremely hesitant to use something like this if it can't be done 100% local and offline

Edit: Maybe I'll use it just for the most basic, non-personal stuff, like cleaning my room. Actually yeah, I think that's okay

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They have an app for $0.99, but I believe it still needs connection for all the back end task generation and stuff. Hopefully it works for you as another tool for the tool box!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What it spits out from just the words clean room is pretty damn great, more than enough to convince me. And while I'm generally very careful with AI, I think in this instance it's best for me to swallow my damn pride, and accept the help it can give me.

The About section does mention the wish to move this to open source solutions, which I'd very much love to see. I'm looking forward to whenever that can happen.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Am I the only one who feels like productivity/organization tools for ADHD people is like bicycles for blind kids? Like, "yeah I can see how a functional person could find this useful, but what the heck am I going to do with it?"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The only way I'm able to get anything done is by externalising my memory. I just make sure I have reminders on a smartwatch so that they forcibly are brought to my attention even if I'm away from my PC/phone.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve been messing around with obsidian (a note-taking/thought-keeping app only for people who like to tinker and customize so wouldn’t necessarily recommend here), but having something that syncs between all my devices is FANTASTIC. It would still be nice to try something more grab and go, but I would highly recommend considering apps that can be easily accessed and edited from multiple devices.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

only for people who like to tinker and customize so wouldn’t necessarily recommend here

I seriously cannot tell if this is sarcasm

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My most used app for this is the built in alarms app.