What is Reddit's opinion of Toodledo?

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This will sound overly simplistic, but I've become a huge fan in recent years of to-do lists. I won't even overcomplicate things here by even doing one a day- I feel like I would ignore them if that was the case- but rather have a nice, small, lined pad of paper that I am partial to (and am only allowed to write on for this specific task), and will write the list down there of all the things I need to do. These are both the simple, fun things I want to do (like emailing a friend about a trip) and the crappy ones, because the trick is "tricking" myself into starting to get working on the list.

The other one I think is super useful is Toodledo, which is a task managing type software. The main reason I like this one is my inbox is often full of basically tasks, like "respond for this conference by July 15" type stuff, and with Toodledo you get a special email address that you can forward these "task" emails to and file by date, note if they're recurring, etc. Super useful! I guess I could do the stuff in the prior paragraph there too, but noticed pretty quickly I don't work that way- apparently bribing myself by writing on a special pad of paper with a colorful pen is important, as my procrastinating self is akin to negotiating with a ten year old.

So yeah, your mileage may vary, but I guess the trick here is at some point I realized my procrastination was rooted in feeling overwhelmed by all the things I had to do in my mind, or only doing the fun little things while ignoring the big things, or micro-managing myself too much. Getting stuff organized, but not specifying the order that it has to be done, is my sweet spot.

>travel, marriage, kids

Someone else's advice about to-do lists (my fave) is really good. Break those big goals down into the teeniest little tasks. If the teeny tasks still seem too big, break them down. Repeat until you have a task you can do.

I have "Brush teeth" on my daily to-do list, probably because of a task breakdown like: Cure Cancer -> Get into grad school -> Get recommendation from boss -> Leave house -> Brush teeth.

I dropped out of grad school 'cause I was still depressed, but I met the father of my kids along the way, and my fresh breath probably didn't hurt.

You can do this. Just start small.

I use Toodledo. It has everything you listed (sub-tasks are a paid account feature), but reminders are added to your Google Calendar; the notifications on Android aren't aggressive, so may not see them. It has been a fabulous web/app for my work and personal life. Link: https://www.toodledo.com/

org-toodledo works under-the-hood, so you never see it -- i.e., there cannot be anything cluttered -- except perhaps for the additional org drawers in the task/event that deal with the :ToodledoID:; :ToodledoFolder:; and, :Hash: in the :PROPERTIES: drawer. I normally have the :PROPERTIES: drawer automatically folded when in org-mode, so I don't have to see those three drawers unless I want to. Those three drawers are never visible in the org-agenda buffer.

I'm not sure what cluttered looking app you looked at that supports Toodledo, but there are many to choose from and your choices will depend upon the OS type used by the computer or handheld device. And, of course, there are filters to zero in on just the stuff you are interested in seeing.

Here is a link to the list of some third-party app that support Toodledo: https://www.toodledo.com/tools/directory.php There are so many different app to choose from -- surely one of them does not look so cluttered.

I think that the one that could fit the best for you is Toodledo, It has the Task feature, the calendar feature, you can set habits that you whant to keep track of, you can do repeted tasks, you can do outlines. And the way you can add task is really good, it support adding things with keyword like due date with a "/tomorrow".

https://www.toodledo.com/products.php?show=notes

It's one of many to-do list apps. I like it because I can give an estimate for how long every task will take and then slice and dice the data to see how many hours I expect to spend on each project or for tasks due which days etc. It helps when I'm procrastinating to see that I have e.g. 4 hours of work to do before a deadline tomorrow.

https://www.toodledo.com

>I’m also taking care of my 3 year old through out most the day. Which often make me forget what I was doing.

No kidding, how the hell can you work and deal with a 3-year-old at the same time. No wonder you aren't able to focus and are forgetful, that'd drive anyone mad. Is daycare not an option?

As for tasks, anything will work really. Microsoft To Do is built into Windows and works well. It will sync with your Microsoft account and you can drag/drop. For more sophisticated you could use something like https://www.toodledo.com/. Or you could just use google sheets/excel and strike things out as you complete them.

I can't remember if the other apps I tried supported Start Date (because I don't use Start Date). I wish I could provide you a more satisfactory answer.

I am still only using Toodledo and back that up daily using a DOS command-line batch file using the robocopy function [I am on Windows 10]. If/when I decide to switch to Toodledo, I will use my most recent xml backup. Note this script generates an xml file and 2 csv files (current and completed) for extra-redundant backups. You must have the browser open for the script to run. Below is a sample script.

start "" www.toodledo.com/tools/backup.php

start "" www.toodledo.com/tools/csv.php

start "" www.toodledo.com/tools/csv.php?completed=1

timeout 25

robocopy "D:\Desktop" "D:\Documents\IT\Software\Backup" toodledo*.* /MOV

I've been a todo list person most of my life. About 13 years ago I started using toodledo (a gtd paid) software, before that palm pilots, etc.
(I'm actually going to leave toodledo because orig founder left and it's barely maintained, but that's another story)
I never go into the status next actions/someday classification, too much work
What's important to me is folders / projects / tasks / priorities / due dates / contexts
Toodledo has a nice global sort feature called importance which is a combo of priority and due date
Old thread about it here
https://www.toodledo.com/forums/2/230/-1906/importance-level.html
I can also global sort on priority or due date and or have multiple level sorting
Most of the time just use importance 1 thru 10 to look at my stuff
Also with toodledo, you can have a priority of negative one which means you can filter it out, but not loose it

Oh wow, Toodledo was the first cloud-based task app I seriously used. I loved Todoist's efficient web interface, but their Android app was lacking. I read that they're investing in modernizing their service, though?

One of the main reasons I've kept RTM is their web interface. It's light and quick, and offline access - try one of their desktop OS apps - is solid. Like Toodledo, RTM lets you set task lengths (as estimates). It's nice to be able to search for all your tasks that'll take less than five minutes when you have time to kill. ;)

I highly recommend Toodledo as a task management and habit app. It notably allows you to set reoccurring tasks which can reappear at a set interval / dates or they reoccur after a set amount of time has elapsed since you last completed the task. It also lets you organise and display/hide tasks in a variety of way (by their due date, folder, context, priority, calendar, etc.)

Hi there,

I'm a big fan of the Toodledo app. I have it set up so that recurring weekly tasks are always due on Sunday (the "last" day in my week) and are also tagged with "Weekly" so I can filter them in/out depending on how I want to visualize my task list.

Write it down, always. So many people underestimate the helpfulness of this. I use toodledo to keep organized, though I have to be careful not to get bogged down in too many unnecessary to-dos.

Toodledo on Android: https://www.toodledo.com/info/android.php There are numerous Toodledo compatible apps available for major operating systems on computers and also all the popular smart phones and tablets.

For Events (aka appointments), I use Reference and Delegated keywords. For Tasks (stuff todo), I use Active, Next Action, Someday keywords. Toodedo has a nice backup feature, which I download every evening.

I use an app called Clearer. It can sync with Google Tasks. I don't sync it personally, I just use it on the phone. But the app itself is great and that's a feature, so that's definitely an option.

The default Calendar app also has a "to-do" section that will integrate with your Microsoft account (you can view these online in any browser as well) or with an Exchange account for enterprise use.

EDIT: More information: there's an online to-do list called ToodleDo that works very well. An app called ~~To-Do Tasks~~ (apparently now it's Viperal Tasks) is very thorough and syncs to ToodleDo, but it got incredibly complicated for my uses, and the sync occasionally messed up. I switched to Clearer because it's a lot cleaner and more simple.

Not an app, but I use toodledo for managing my to-do lists. They do have extensions for it, but I've never used them.

Also, like others have said StayFocused is good. I have a second user account on my laptop that has really strict settings, and I log into that account and do work and can focus better.

I also use a white noise app - I put my headphones in, turn it on, and get on with my work. It still plays once you've closed the internet window, so you don't have to have chrome open for it to work.