PTPL 020: On Over-Automation, a New To-Do List Structure, and Journaling in Obsidian

Also: Tana — a revolutionary new productivity app to check out

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Welcome to the 20th in a series of posts documenting my plain text, paper-less, Obsidian-flavoured journey — exploring productivity through a future-proof, plain text mindset, with a soft spot for the paper that counts.

Today I’ll be talking about —

• The dangers of over-automating a productivity system

• A new to-do list structure: Done, Waiting, Top 3, Soon (DWTS)

• Tana — a new (revolutionary?) productivity app you might want to check out

• Why journal (or anything else) in Obsidian, rather than DayOne

Productivity Inspiration

Just because you can automate your productivity system, doesn’t mean you should

Charlie Brown’s story “Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should” got me thinking.

Such wisdom in this phrase! It’s one I regularly used with my offspring as they grew. All four needed it. Some to stop them taking on too much, oth…