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Why todo lists miss deep work, and needing four inboxes

6 tweets · December 2018 · 10 likes · 3 retweets · read on Twitter

Replying to Callum @callumflack ·

The most important things never make a todo list.

@callumflack Thiiis oh man. I think in practice todo lists capture various ideas that come to mind randomly, or errands, or things to follow up on. But deep work that really moves the needles that matter... doesn't end up there. This was my inspiration for building complice.co

@callumflack Just saw this again & reminded me of my observation yesterday that I need 4+ different inboxes: - idea / thought / connection / pun / link - something I may want to do - task I definitely need to do soon - random bit of info to store (eg my blood pressure from a particular date)

@callumflack The first of these wants a Zettelkasten (aka @fortelabs' Second Brain)

Conor @Conaw ·

The Zettelkasten. "It's like the GTD for intellectual progress" What it is, and why you want one. (thread)

@callumflack @fortelabs Second & Fourth can just be a random list in workflowy. For #3 ("task I definitely need to do soon") I currently use a little android app called Three Do, which lets you quickly create reminders. I guess a good time to do it, then snooze til done. threedo.app

@callumflack @fortelabs What's nice about separating urgent & important things from the others is that it means I really can ignore my list and so I don't need a GTD-esque workflow for regularly processing my inbox.

@callumflack @fortelabs And of course I use Complice for goal-oriented tasks that I want to do today or tomorrow.