How do you organize your life?

Talbot

How do you organize your work and stuff? Do you rock it old school with a planner or simple todo list? Or do you use a calendar service like google calendar? Or do you "have an app for that?"

List your method plus the context (work, school, or everyday tasks).



I'll start things off with why I'm asking.

All through pre college school, my teachers wanted me to keep a planner but honestly I hated it. Now that I'm in college and I have more of use for it... I'm thinking about starting something. I really want to start google calendar but I always feel like the stuff I right down in a planner... I never end up having to look at unless they are like weeks in advanced.

Anyway, I'm interested in what you guys use!

VPrime

Due dates I use Google calandar synced to phone and computer.
Then I use a white board for everything else... Like project schedules and things to complete on apps we're working on.

Skillmister

Scattered post it notes on my desk for general reminders and uni work is all planned out in word docs

System

GTD!

For everything, work and home.

Changed my life!

EmAr

I just write what to do the next day on a piece of paper and place it under my glasses when I go to bed so I'll see it when I put on my glasses. That's all about it.

teaandcigarettes

I don't.

That's how I go through every single day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An8yycHzfXw#t=58s

Sandro

My life is messy

passerby

i just accept that my life is chaotic and messy, besides the important shits somehow gets done anyways.

marks

I basically dont organise it. Occasional post-it stuck on my monitor at work when I really need to remember something.

Jeff Parrott

I second google calendar synced to phone.

skylebones

Pretty much the post-it note method. I write down what needs to be done on a post-it note and stick it to my cintiq. Add new one's when there is more to do, and cross out stuff when I get it done. Been working that way for years.

RoxyPox

I find that if I hand-write everything down, I almost always remember it, even if I don't write it on the calender. If I type it or try to just remember it, it never works and I forget something.
If I have a lot of assignments/dates all in one week, I will write a to-do list. But that is rare.
That works for me when I have to balance work and college, but I know it doesn't work for everyone. You just have to do what's best for you.

SHEPEIRO

a bug database and self-emails proffesionaly, personal life, i dont

thatanimator

Talbot wrote: »

Do you rock it old school with a planner or simple todo list?

I "rock it old school", but not the way you described it.. I guess my vision of old school is different..

the way I go about things is, "fuck it"..

just wake up, go to work, come home..fuck it..do whatever I want after that?
wanna play a game? do I have to check my calendar? no, fuck it.. put that disc in!
girlfriend wants to cook food together? do I need to have it written down somewhere? fuck dat, lets cook!

just live your life damn it..

work, just migrated from outlook to google apps.. fuck me

Firebert

I tattooed a calendar on my left forearm and a steno pad on my right. The important shit i jot down on my left arm because i write with my right hand (i.e. i can read what I wrote) and the unimportant shit goes on my right forearm because i can't write well with my left hand. if i can't read it, it's no biggy if it slips by. So if someone asks me what I have planned for say, Thursday, I just raise up my arm like I'm checking my watch instead of jumbling for my phone or planner. Shits all right there. If someone says they missed me at the baby shower, I just look at my right arm and explain that what I thought read "babe show" was actually "baby shower", and then continue on to explain how well my night at the strip club went. Very convenient.

shotgun

If it's really important, I place a simple shortcut on the middle of the desktop with the ugliest possible icon i can find (usually the windows default file icon). It's bound to get noticed (eventually)

Slipstream

At work I mark what I have to do on a simple notepad. For long term stuff I might use a calendar on my phone to remind me when something's coming up

chadabees

Haha Firebert

Mrskullface

my gf

maze

at work, with this , its an awesome tool for anything pipeline. Besides that, project coordinators are the best for organizing stuff.

System

Ah should've mentioned software...

Things and OmniFocus are both awesome, although you kinda have to be following GTD for them to work well.

R3D

hasitly write it down on a .txt on my desktop, or just remember stuff.

Alberto Rdrgz

I tweet my to do list.

Rick Stirling

Evernote, emails, Iphone notes and I carry a little notepad in every bag that I own.

Lonewolf

teaandcigarettes wrote: »

I don't.

That's how I go through every single day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An8yycHzfXw#t=58s

rofl

same here

carpe diem!

Kot_Leopold

Post-it notes (most of the time) and text files that I place right onto the center of my desktop (so they can annoy me and I strive to get stuff done asap). Such a great feeling when I get something done as the center of the desktop with all its bs clears up!

greevar

Sticky Notes come in handy. It comes with Vista and Win 7.

rooster

i used to use post-its but they keep getting lost or mixed up.. now I just have a couple notepad docs on my desktop for 'to do list' and a 'today's to-do' with more in-depth instructions

rolfness

two things that organise my life

professional life = myblackberry

private life = my wife

Autocon

My life is chaotic and messy so I don't even try to keep it organized. I just go with the flow with things and see where that takes me. I find that most enjoyable and gives me the most freedom. If I ever have to plan something out for a deadline at work I just scribble out a rough plan on a piece of paper and hope for the best.

Frump

I have some desktop post-it notes usually but I largely ignore them and end up wasting time on the internet.

Otherwise it's just a mental list and I try to get stuff done when I can. Not very organized I suppose, but it works. I was actually just thinking about setting up a more organized schedule/calendar the other day after how crazy this weekend has been for me.

dpaynter26

ive tried the post it notes and they somewhat worked but i always look at them and i just think "oh yeah i remember making that" then i do absolutely nothing about it, having ADD doesnt help my situation at all either lol, im reading through this hoping to find a good solution as well, good thread:)

DrunkShaman

I keep a note pad with me to keep the track of things that are on my to-do list. Since 3d arts isnt the only thing I am learning or doing in my day. I divide tasks in to few categories and assign a day for it. That is just for starters I believe. =\

lluc

https://trello.com/

It's good for groups and individual too

r_fletch_r

when I get really busy I make spreadsheets and colour code my tasks.

thats just my work life though. personal life is chaos

Kwramm

trello looks neat. But I guess it requires a web connection? If that would work on a LAN...

For now it's text files on the desktop. Sticky notes look too messy and I don't trust the cleaners to not accidentally remove them.
For jotting down stuff I have a small notebook to take to meetings and such.
For private stuff, I put it in my iPhone or send "reminder" mails to my personal mail account, where I turn it into a text file at home, which I stick to my desktop.

Charlottje

Google calender... and I make it my homepage too, so every time I want to Facebook or Youtube, I first see all the stuff that needs to get done.



... And feel really guilty.

Joshua Stubbles

Jungsik

I dont have a life..:'(