Mandaris

I woke up with some less than stellar news. I didn’t know what to do an it was 4 in the morning.

Strength with Gregg * Music by the Rolling Stones

I woke up at 3:30 and made the mistake of looking at my phone.

You’re going to be ok.

Going to have to give up the ghost on these. You had a good run, buddy.

I wanted to start the day with a feeling of accomplishment.

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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.

Drafts @drafts@indieapps.space

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: https://forums.getdrafts.com/t/tip-using-a-task-scratchpad/15541

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 ...

2:40 PM • November 4, 2024 (UTC)

Finished reading: Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan 📚

I really had trouble putting this book down. I really enjoyed having a female protagonist in a fantasy novel who has some drive and initiative.

At the end, I’m conflicted between seeing where the story goes and having it end in fear that it won’t be able to continue to satisfy.

For this month, I am writing and sending the posts without much editing.

Which is like everyday but more frequently.