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Discussion on: How do you keep track of what you’re working on so you remember where to start next time?

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Jon Calhoun

I prefer to keep things simple. I have a notebook with larger todos for the week, and then when I am about to end for the day I leave myself a quick summary that I can read first thing in the morning. Sometimes this is in code where I need to start, other times it is somewhere else (new editor tab usually). It usually says something like:

I fixed but X by doing Y, but Z still seems to persist. I think it might be blah blah, so I think the next best place to start digging it .

After that I was thinking it would be a good idea to start on ."

It sounds a little crazy to talk to yourself, but it is really helpful when you are groggy and waking up to quickly recap what you were thinking the night before and evaluate what to do next.