• nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      The real problem is that making lists is an infinitely recursive task, each entry on a list can end up becoming its own list. I will frequently spend all day making a list, instead of doing things.

      • May@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        When I hyperfixate on finding the “perfect productivity app” for 2 weeks straight instead of actually doing anything lmao

      • Pok@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        This is literally how Workflowy, my list-making app of choice, works. And I love it.

  • Your Huckleberry@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Or my favorite, “here let me show you how to use a calendar.”

    Great, next maybe you could teach a blind kid to ride a bike.

    Here’s me in 6th grade, reading at a college level, learning algebra, picking up coding because it’s fun, and you think the problem is that I don’t conceptually get calendars?

  • R3DN_Rosie@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I would but if I don’t stare at that to-do list non-stop, I will immediately forget it exists.

  • Krzak@vlemmy.net
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    1 year ago

    In all seriousness though, breaking things down helped me a bit. It can be useful in certain situations but of course isn’t a cure-all.