My current method isn't great, but because it requires less overhead than a system that makes each todo its own note, it lasts longer before I have to 'reset' it. In the past when using Evernote, I've tried making every single todo its own note, and that system broke down very quickly because the overhead (effort I had to put into maintaining the system) was enormous. That would save me the hassle of copying/pasting the items I want to work on, and eliminate at least some of the overhead in managing this system. What might be really cool is being able to scroll though this master todo list and select items (by whatever means) I want to work on today and have those items autopopulate a list at the top of the note (or a separate list). Wondering if there's a better way to manage my daily todo list. So periodically I have to purge the todos from the 'Today' list and move those todos to the appropriate category, and start with a fresh 'Today' list.

Of course not everything gets done that day, so the 'Today' section gets longer and I also get lazy and start adding items directly to the 'Today' section instead of the appropriate category. I use the Outline sidebar plugin to more quickly navigate this list.Įach morning, I'll scroll through and figure out which todos need to be worked on today, and I'll copy/paste those to a 'Today' section at the very top of the note. and many of those are subdivided into near-term, intermediate-term, long-term and periodic subcategories. The more involved todos will be links to notes that contain the necessary details/reference material.īecause this is a very long list of todos, I use markdown headers to categorize todos - e.g., work-related todos, work inside the house, yard work, administrative/paperwork, waiting for responses, etc. Many of the todos are just plain text because there's not much detail I need written out (no dependencies that need to be done beforehand, I have all the necessary details in my head). I maintain one 'master' todo list that I consult every morning to determine what todos I want to work on that day. I could use some ideas on how to better manage the following!

Daily todo