I am on first iteration for now, i got it from some YT channel who has been doing it since inception of that restriction.

I would like to recommend Sunsama also :) their concept is to put the task into your to do list, then estimate the time and only then to find a time for it in your calendar. And it's also very good to see whether are you trying to squeeze too much tasks into your day (it gives the hint, if your workload is more than 8 hours).

But their prices seemed unreasonable to me ($20 a month), so I've switched to cheaper (and even free, if you don't need premium features) alternative Morgen. But I would highly suggest for everybody who's struggling with setting time for tasks try Sunsama's free trial to see the hints for planning, and switch only then. Or stay, if the price works for you :)

I have no idea how to make it not look like an ad, but yeah, just honest recommendation. Mostly for OP in this thread though

Edit: grammar, hopefully... I'm not sure if it actually improved, but I've tried :)

I use the Structured App and its the best.

This is also how I created my first budget. Seeing what days bills were due helped me wrap my dumb 20-something brain around how much money I needed to be setting aside from paychecks so bills got paid properly; and from there I was quickly able to actually start saving money.

I’m at the age where if I don’t write it down, I’ll likely forget it. Anything I need to do soon I email myself. Future stuff I create a google calendar event with email reminder. My inbox becomes my to do list.

Todoist does this too but without the roadmap lanes, plus it has great widgets for all common phones, desktop apps so you don't have to keep your browser open, and recurring events so it's easy to schedule chore lists

Tasks that require dedicated time to complete, should land on your calendar, where you've made a commitment to complete that task on a specific date or time, or during a 'Focus Time' period where you're doing a number of tasks to completion.

Using a tool like Motion, you can have it automatically decide where the best time is to complete those tasks, so you don't have to over-think it. It's basically an AI assistant for managing your calendar.

Hey there, try Todoist or Shortcut, much less overhead and more efficient tools for the same thing Jira does - Todoist lets you set recurring tasks so you can have an automatic monthly "Clean this filthy shit" list that's easy to plan for, and when it's the same list, you can start speedrunning it and trying to get better times to completion. It integrates with Google calendar in a really simple and smart way too, big fan

It's also way less work to organize work in either tool than in Jira :)

Lol I haven't gotten a new email which usually is in kb in weeks because I got tons of HD video uploaded. It's pretty a pretty shitty move to tie email storage to general cloud storage.

I just deleted all my crucial files!

Time blocking is very helpful in tackling your todo list and refining the process. Be sure to schedule recovery, sleep, and relaxation as well.

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It truly was, we just didn't know about it. I am bitter with how they go about it though. Settings seem to jump back to full res every so often without warning, I can't seem to be allowed clearing a pic from the account yet keep it on my phone. I'm scared to hell to lose something forever if I batch delete anything and I feel like they know they put people in this situation. OTOH the one plan is reasonably priced and it makes sense to have to pay for something like this. I just really don't like being pushed around lol

When you said you repeat the operation every few months, do you mean a new account every few months? Isn't there a limit on # of accounts linked this way? I seem to remember 4, but maybe that's in drive.

I'm testing out some sort of outlook task list today. I added four things to it at the end of work yesterday, and it will give me reminders in the time frame I estimated each task would take. If I'm successful I'll task up Monday. However, I have a training the rest of next week so then I won't be in practice for this and everything will probably fall apart, but whatever at least I know how I'll fail...

But if this gets overwhelming which can quickly happen when everything is in one place - remember you can separate the 3 main classes of "todos":

1. Calendar: time-based appointments, when something needs to happen at a specific time/date
2. Reminders: petty tasks, repeating habit prompts. Things that shouldn't drag on and on, things that repeat and don't take much time, and things that won't affect the trajectory of your life if delayed. "Hey siri remind me to Pickup soap when leaving home". "Hey siri remind me to call the dentist on Tuesday"
3. True todos: project based tasks, the meat and potatoes of progress. Use a real todo app like Things/todoist/any.do etc. These are the things that take more time, are less likely to have a specific schedule-dependent basis, or may take a while or multiple sessions to complete (notes fields in this app can be valuable to log process). Keep this stuff clear of the petty clutter from #2 to ensure they don't stagnate in the rush to keep those little chores cleared.

Dumping everything into one giant list or a single app risks overload, stuff gets lost in the growing lists and it quickly leads to notification fatigue where everything gets ignored.

More like there’s always room to make your work time more productive, so your down time is longer, sustainable, and free of distractions.

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Just don’t forget to submit assignments like my dumb ass. Got work done early so I was like “I’ll go do something else now”. Almost missed the deadline until I had a panicked moment while laying in bed and the thought of submitting work randomly popped into my head.

Yeah, I just imagine setting it up months ahead during a hyperfocus session (easily possible) then missing the first planned task and giving up completely because now it needs to be replanned.

At least an undated task list would still have it listed.

I tried this and it doesn't work for me. If the time for the assignement comes and I don't or can't to it, it is gone and I forget.

For me a combination of google's to-do list in combination with my calendar has worked best.

Please don't use that glorified chatbot.

Haha yeah I don’t get this one, if you’re using google to sort files, photos, emails and ESPECIALLY using filters I feel like you might have time / money to spare a $1 ish a month for the extra storage.

I saw someone calling it evil business practice but I mean free cloud storage and everything else is so incredibly useful the $1 isn’t bad for more storage.

Evictions are tough these days. Apparently squatters have rights too

I did but I swear it’s like a dollar a month for a lot more space so it’s worth it to me.

With MS toDo you get to cross it off and hear a nice sound. Additionally, you can see all your done tasks. 695 in my case.