While there are hundreds of tools to manage your projects available now, there really are only about 3-4 forms that these tools take the shape of.
Documents
This is the best place to start, the classic Word or Google Doc. Write out everything that you are working on and imagining. Get it out of your head onto paper.
If it helps, send an email to yourself about what’s on the go right now, as if you’re emailing a coworker about everything in progress. Then copy that message and store it in your doc.
Spreadsheets
Some people love spreadsheets, like one of our community members Maria. They offer the ability to have multiple boards (or sheets) in one interface, and have infinite options for sorting and highlighting what’s on the sheet.
While the creative brain might resist this because it makes you think of tax returns and anything financial, having some sort of structure might not hurt you once in a while.
To-Do Lists
This is a great way to get everything you need to do down on paper, but can fall victim to having items go on the list and stay there. Modern to-do lists like Todoist or TickTick let you have multiple lists, or nest lists inside lists, as well as scheduling due dates and priority levels.
Kanban
These are boards where you move sticky notes across to completion. This method is commonly associated with the Toyota manufacturing method. They add a nice visual touch, and even in digital format, you have some nice interactions with the dragging that makes it fun to drag items to completion.
The most popular digital Kanban is Trello, but you can now use a tool like Notion to do Kanban, in addition to the previous three types mentioned today.
I have no system, help!
Start at the top of this list, go with a simple document, get everything out of your head and onto the page. Then you can add on a to-do list afterwards.
Notion is great but it can take a large time investment to fiddle around with it and learn all the features.
What do you use and what’s working the best for you these days?
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I also like mindmapping tools and chrome.it is a Chrome plugin for that 😁