205: Tasks & Calendars

David & Mike consider their use of tasks and calendars and share their workflows for how they tie these two essential productivity tools together to get things done.

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OmniFocus

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Obsidian

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Analog™ | The original to-do system by Ugmonk

Obsidian Tasks plugin

The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande

Checklist Reset plugin

Notion

Projects plugin

Fantastical

Periodic Notes plugin

How to Do Cal Newport Style Multi-Scale Planning in Obsidian | YouTube

Discbound Heirloom Journal (Brown) | Ugmonk

Day One

Kindle Scribe

Custom Book Embosser | Amazon

Scarcity Brain by Michael Easter

Same as Ever by Morgan Housel