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I’ve been taking a small break from OmniFocus to figure out who I am when I’m not ignoring my task list.

Currently, I’m trying out a couple things and I think add this to my list of experiments.

TIP: Using a Task Scratchpad

Have transient errands and tasks you don't want to clutter your task manager? A scratchpad draft combined with Drafts’ Task Widget can help. Includes example actions for moving tasks you captured in the scratchpad on to Reminders or Things, too.

Details: forums.getdrafts.com/t/tip-usi

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TIP: Using a Task Scratchpad

Task managers are great, but I sometimes find myself with short-term, transient tasks that I need somewhere to jot down and keep up with, but that I don’t feel need all the additional metadata around formal tasks, and I don’t feel fit into the curated hierarchy of projects in my task management system. These are often little things to remember to pick up, or to tell one of my kids when I see them, etc. For tasks like this, I keep a task scratchpad draft in Drafts and use it in combination with ...