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What apps do you use for planning your week?

The success of our day is largely dependent on the quality of our planning. Some people prefer to make a list of upcoming tasks in a notebook, while others have long started using digital technology solutions.

Do you use some calendar app like Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Fantastical that sync across all you devices and plan tasks like that?

Or maybe you prefer note taking apps like Notion, Evernote or Trello to track you tasks and their execution?

Or do you still use the traditional block-note approach as for some people no app will ever be as flexible and easy to use as pen and paper?

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Radu-Alexandru B • Edited

Finally, my time to shine:

  • Google Calendar for organizing busy weeks/months
  • Google Keep for my day to day tasks (or for planning the next day or even current/next week)... Also to break big big tasks into lots of smaller sub-tasks
  • Pen and a calendar on paper to keep track of what I've done every single day... I have 3 years of paper calendars with a history of every activity that I did... crazy, eh?
  • A physical journal when times are rough and I need to write stuff down before my brain explodes
  • Microsoft Excel for accounting all the money I've spent on everything. I mean. Every. Single. Penny. With lots of statistics on how much I earn/pay per month/year, etc. From time to time I save these data to a cloud (Google Sheets).
  • Evernote for writing things like:
    • New projects, applications ideas, where I can also break them step by step by technologies used, user interface and experience, and links to some possible functionalities
    • List of all the movies that I've seen, games that I've played
    • List of all possible gifts that I could buy (including who I gave that and when)
    • Fast journalling when I don't have my physical notebook
    • Insights/Core ideas from books that I've read or Self-Growth videos
  • Oh, and my My-Study-Notes repository where I write all the stuff I learn... Sometimes I write all my notes on paper but, this repo is accessible anywhere when I need it. Feel free to visit and maybe.. maybe give a ⭐.
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Madza

Nice list there, covers all the needs well 👍👌

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vaclavhodek

I use ClickUp for almost everything. We use it in our company for development, marketing, content production, customer support, feedback collecting, etc. and I started using it for personal planning as well.

It's amazing as there are tasks, tables, documents, calendars, mind-maps, forms, etc. It's customizable and there is API - we send data about new users, apps, etc. directly to our CRM workspace in ClickUp.

Definitely worth trying.

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Ruben Vitt

Definitely my favourite! I managed planning my thesis with this tool. 🚀

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JimCMorrison

I use a cocktail of things 3 for daily to dos, Bear Notes for notes and quarterly planning, Google Calendar for schedule, Trello for longer projects, and a couple white boards at home for generally planning of projects/weekly touch points. It seems like a lot but I feel like it allows me to be the most productive!

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MrKwanZ • Edited
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scroung720

Google sheets hahahah :(

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Pavel Polívka

I have work Outlook and paper and pen... Old school 🤣

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Dmitry Ivanov

Just Google Calendar and Microsoft To Do

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Gavin Shaw • Edited

Same stack here. I am really enjoying Microsoft To Do at the moment. The developers are very active.

I use Dynalist for note taking.

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Pablo Herrero

Paper and fountain pen... old style :)

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Nicolás Omar González Passerino

Mostly Trello for a long term projects, sometimes google docs for tracking documentations i will use on the project and old fashion paper/pen for taking notes after my work hours.
I think is a good idea to have a notepad at hand when you are relaxing your mind and the ideas come up.

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Nandini Sharma

Well, I’d like to recommend ProofHub as it simplifies the way teams manage their day-to-day work. From planning tasks and projects to collaborating with remote team members, keeping things organized, and delivering projects on time - ProofHub has got all the features that you need.

To-do lists, Custom workflows, Group chat, Gantt charts, Discussions, File sharing, Online proofing, Time tracking, Reporting, and so on. With ProofHub, you won’t feel the need for using multiple tools for all this. It even has a built-in Calendar to solve your scheduling problems. It integrates with apps like Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, Google Calendar, iCal, FreshBooks, and more, to bring all your scattered data in one shared space.

You can try it once and see it for yourself.