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As the preparations for B:READ’s Mabohai Bookswap were in full swing last month, I found myself using managing tasks using not one, not two, but three to-do apps in that same period. I admit that I enjoy keeping lists, and they help me keep track of things in my head; but at one point, it did occur to me: “Why am I using three different apps to handle my tasks? This is kind of ridiculous.”
So I took a closer look at the apps, and as it turns out, there wasn’t a problem of redundancy – the tasks recorded in each app were mostly different. Each app served a different purpose, depending on what tasks I wanted to achieve.
1. Weekly goals
I am terrible at keeping to any weekly goals – yes, I find my day job a challenge, thanks for asking – but I keep trying!
Workflowy is a web app and an iOS app. Its specialty is that you can have tasks at different levels, which I can break down or move up as I wish.
For example, here I have a list of things I meant to do within a week:
![Screenshot of Workflowy app (1) Screenshot of Workflowy app, shows higher level tasks under 'By 16 June 2013'. One of the tasks is called 'Finished Documentation for [x]'.](https://i2.wp.com/possiblyzebra.net/p/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Photo-12-6-13-5-51-31-PM.png?resize=484%2C255&ssl=1)
If you have ever found it difficult working towards such high-level tasks, you may understand that vaguely defined list items like “Documentation” just aren’t helpful when you’re panicking or procrastinating, because they seem like such big tasks. Read more…