P.D. Workman
2 min readJul 28, 2024

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I use a combination of digital and analogue tools.

DIGITAL

My events and time blocking are tracked in a digital calendars (google calendars inside fantastical)

My project and task planning is in Todoist (synced with the calendars)

My notes are captured in Obsidian.

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ANALOGUE

I also have a small (A6) binder for my Bujo. It is scaled down and only includes monthly, weekly, and daily pages.

I keep my monthly dashboards in Todoist, but at the end of each month/beginning of the next, export a summary of the information to Obsidian and use Pandoc to export it to Word, where I format it and print it for insertion in my binder.

As part of my weekly review, I take the high-importance, high-priority project tasks, insert them into a table in Obsidian (an Alastair grid), export them to Word, and format and print them out.

Each night, I create a daily layout for the next day. Calendar/timed events/timeblocking on the left-hand page, and high-priority tasks (usually 2-3) on the right-hand page.

Sometimes I jot down additional tasks and notes on the right-hand page, which I transfer into the appropriate program at the end of the day.

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During my weekly review, I scan the dailies pages and insert them into my daily notes in Obsidian.

In Obsidian, I use the Periodic Notes, Calendar, and Breadcrumbs plugins to access the daily/weekly notes through the calendar and assign the monthly dashboard as the parent to the weekly.

I find keeping an analogue/printed bujo helpful to focus in on my tasks and schedule for the day, keeping them in front of my face without any digital distractions. But I still have the expanded organizational capabilities of the digital systems, reminders on all of my devices, search capabilities, etc.

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P.D. Workman
P.D. Workman

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Writing riveting mystery, suspense, and young adult fiction about real life issues.

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