How do you keep all your tasks organized and stay focused without blowing past deadlines?

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I am obsessed with note-taking and recordkeeping. I can't remember anything for more than a few minutes, so if I don't have my incredibly specific note-taking and reminder system, I fall apart. In the moment when I think of anything, I have to write it down so I can reference it later. Earlier today, for example, I was in a meeting with my boss and he asked me to do several things and I knew that if I didn't write them down, they would disappear before the meeting was over.

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Would you mind elaborating on that system? I’m having a hard time for way too long finding something that sticks.

I don’t know how to explain it, but the notebook type, pen/pencil, process, and the whole thing just needs to be”feel” right, and nothing has

I miss stuff all the time unless it’s in my face. I have sticky notes everywhere, which work fine until I become blind to them. So I also use various alarms and I try to break things down into a schedule that I force myself (as much as possible) to stick to. I still haven't completely tamed my brain though, and sometimes things get missed.

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I have a to-do list document that I always have open on my PC. I’m reasonably good at recording action items there, but I often forget to look at it when I have downtime and then I either squander that time or do the less-urgent thing that happens to be top of mind. I think I did better when I used a physical notebook for the to do list, but taking that plus my laptop everywhere was too inconvenient.

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I use a task tracking app on my phone and lots and lots pop up reminders.

I’m also married to my calendar and manage it by including focus time labeled with specific tasks.

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