PLAIN TEXT; PAPER, LESS — PRODUCTIVITY DIGEST

PTPL 052: Simple Task Management Advice for People Who Can’t Stick to Their Lists

PLUS A bare bones time-line template for my Obsidian daily notes

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Welcome to the Plain Text, Paper — Less Productivity Digest! I’m Ellane, and this is a once-a-week taster of the unusual, the helpful, and the delightfully mundane, as well as the next instalment in my quest to future proof and simplify my digital-analog workflow.

This week —

• To do apps and your brain — well-researched article link
• Healthy task management advice for people who can’t seem to stick to their lists
• Plain text accounting on hold — for now
• You won’t find a simpler plain text time-line than this one!

Productivity Tips and Inspiration

The complicated psychology of to do apps

Are to-do apps doing more harm than good? Clive Thompson’s WIRED article is a well-researched, fascinating insight into the way our brains cope with planning the stuff we have to get done.

Healthy task management habit advice wanted!