Ask HN: How do you organize your life?

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Overcast

I really like Cal Newport's thinking in this area. Basically, yes, you need a system that you trust to keep yourself focused on what matters most in each of your roles. The specific tools don't matter and are often an excuse to distract yourself from doing the work. Here's a good podcast covering this idea: https://overcast.fm/+b1V3bnLPc.

#Podcast Tools #Podcast Hosting #Podcast Platform 95 social mentions

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Tiny Tiny RSS

Write things down! All the weird things and ideas, put them into categories and write them down. This categories can also have a to do list. Use some kind of calendar. Try to not read the news on the internet too much. Use a RSS reader. Notes: Simplenote https://simplenote.com/ I use it with nvpy on Linux https://pypi.org/project/nvpy/ Calendar: https://www.rainlendar.net/ Tiny Tiny RSS Reader for selfhosting: https://tt-rss.org/ This is not bad either, 30 USD per year but I decided to go with tiny tiny https://bazqux.com/.

#RSS Reader #RSS #Insight Management 42 social mentions

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Simplenote

Write things down! All the weird things and ideas, put them into categories and write them down. This categories can also have a to do list. Use some kind of calendar. Try to not read the news on the internet too much. Use a RSS reader. Notes: Simplenote https://simplenote.com/ I use it with nvpy on Linux https://pypi.org/project/nvpy/ Calendar: https://www.rainlendar.net/ Tiny Tiny RSS Reader for selfhosting: https://tt-rss.org/ This is not bad either, 30 USD per year but I decided to go with tiny tiny https://bazqux.com/.

#Note Taking #Task Management #Project Management 78 social mentions

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BazQux Reader

Write things down! All the weird things and ideas, put them into categories and write them down. This categories can also have a to do list. Use some kind of calendar. Try to not read the news on the internet too much. Use a RSS reader. Notes: Simplenote https://simplenote.com/ I use it with nvpy on Linux https://pypi.org/project/nvpy/ Calendar: https://www.rainlendar.net/ Tiny Tiny RSS Reader for selfhosting: https://tt-rss.org/ This is not bad either, 30 USD per year but I decided to go with tiny tiny https://bazqux.com/.

#RSS Reader #RSS #News & Books 18 social mentions