@grumpygamer glad I'm not the only one who still uses todo.txt

@grumpygamer You still can connect Trello to Notion, and share your .txt between them.
Okay, I fly away…

@grumpygamer I've resorted to a small whiteboard, here, I think that's the solution I'd been looking for my entire life ><

@grumpygamer Reject modernity, return to post-it notes.

@grumpygamer same progression. really happy that I've gone back to using a "plan" and a "diary/done" text file. You can use your favorite editor and version control on your favorite OS without any distractions or headaches.

@grumpygamer I tried Trello and Notion as well but now I'm using Obsidian. It's usually the simplicity of a .txt for me but for those situations where I need a little bit more flexibility (or text/code formatting), I have the option to use those without really any extra fuss.

@grumpygamer I used to use a custom outlining mode in emacs, tried Trello for a while, now I'm using an .md file in Obsidian

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I tried'em all before I stumbled on Workflowy and now I have an almost religious devotion to it.

@grumpygamer I went one step further and am mostly back to paper for a lot of stuff (txt is mostly collecting ideas now) after trying all sorts of complicated software.

@grumpygamer we have project management tools for tracking timesheets and quotes and whatnot, but I switched back to text files years ago for my own actual task management. It's so much easier being able to highlight whole projects and just drag them up to sit above others, or add/remove tasks within them. The simplicity of plain text actually does outweigh the power of project management tools.

@grumpygamer why not .md files?

@grumpygamer make simple complicated with org-mode

@grumpygamer me too. Todo's and simple schedules as atom .txt files

@grumpygamer Once upon a time I did something similar and then made a vim syntax for the text file todos to make things (Like categories & subtasks) easier to identify more easily. Then made a script that would put everything with a + in front of it in a log at the end of the day and remove it from the main list. So editing was all text file, but the viewing and reporting had some niceties. I keep meaning to go back to it, but am addicted to hotkey task adding and a today view.

@grumpygamer Excuse me sir, do you have a moment to talk about EMacs org-mode?

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In every project I have exists a TODO.txt . I am glad, I'm not the only one. 😁

@grumpygamer Also prefer text but wanted more functionality/organization then notepad alone. Did some app load timing tests and I think I might settle back on Sublime with a Notes folder of txt files.

@grumpygamer i do txt files too. they’re the best

@grumpygamer ... and which program do you use to edit txt files? I started with DOS edit command, then Windows' Notepad, then Notepad++, and now back to... nope, Notepad++ is simply the best.

@grumpygamer have you tried org-mode? It’s a text file, but with some fancy software doodads if you want them (and may or may not require learning Emacs)

@grumpygamer I don’t know why but I’ve reverted to writing them down in a physical notebook and crossing them out for this project.

@grumpygamer you might like https://taskwarrior.org/
It's a little more featured then a txt file, but still very lightweight

@grumpygamer it sounds like we were on a similar journey and ended up in the same place. Simplicity can be so effective.

@grumpygamer you missed orgmode step