For years now I’ve had my share of productivity apps that I used. From simple analog notebooks to Wunderlist, from RememberTheMilk to Things. I’ve tried them all. Things was the last one I tried and it stuck. But this past year, it feels like I’ve not yet used Things to it’s fullest potential. This meant I had to put in extra work to make me work. Now I’ve refined the process to make Things work for me.

If you look at my profile you will see I’m pretty immersed into technology. As a developer it’s hard not to be. You’re almost required to follow certain blogs on the web, people on social media and so forth. And it does not get much better when it comes to learning new things. A lot of learning happens on the web nowadays. Not only am I a developer, I’m also trying to build up a new company.

At the start of the year I looked back at my digitalization post and realized that I have fallen into the same old trap. Most of my day to day is currently digitalized. Some for better, some for worse. I say some for better because keeping all my documents in Google Drive is a lot easier. Searching through Google drive than going through a stack of papers is a lot faster.

As you might, or might not, know I’m currently active as a consultant in the IT sector. Because of this I work almost exclusively on digital platforms. With one exception, I keep most of my to do’s in a notebook. The reason for this is because I, honestly, like to scratch those to do’s. It’s a pure mental thing. Today one of my colleagues saw this and jokingly said “You do know they have apps for that, right?