My Twos Setup: Organize Your Life With One App
by Parker · 70 things on Twos
- How I journal, plan, manage tasks, take notes & remember *things* with Twos App
- For the past 8 years, I've used Twos to...
- Remember events from my life
- Journal to reflect and clear my mind
- Remember meaningful information about my friends and family
- Capture thoughts and ideas that I don't want to forget
- Remember birthdays, reminders, and habits
- Manage *things* I need to do
- Organize lists of goals, books, projects, and interests
- Revisit the information I learn
- Every day, I use Twos to...
- Plan out the *things* I need to do
- Manage my calendar and meetings I need to attend
- Capture thoughts and ideas throughout the day
- Journal to reflect on my life and how I'm feeling
- Organize information I come across and want to remember
- Reorganize *things* I don't get to
- Where I use Twos
- Writing *things* down and quickly finding *things* is important for my peace of mind and memory. That is why Twos is on the bottom bar of my phone.
- I'm always jotting *things* down while I'm on a walk, working on my computer, or moving around the apartment. Whenever I have something I want to remember, I write it down in Twos.
- On my computer, I always have one or more Twos windows or tabs open.
- I also use the Chrome extension to save links and videos from the web.
- Twos has a desktop app, but I prefer to use the web app.
- How I use Twos
- I mainly write *things* down on my day.
- Today is where I journal, plan, and take the majority of my notes.
- Today is the quickest and easiest place to capture *things*.
- If I need to, I'll move *things* off of today to a different list.
- If I'm not looking at my day, I am making or viewing a list.
- I have lists for every*thing* in my life: books I read, friends, family members, meetings, development projects, blogs, affirmations, goals, etc.
- Twos stays organized with its daily lists (days) and lists.
- The views in Twos help present the different types of *things* you've written down: to-dos, reminders, lists, tags, etc.
- One feature I don't use very often which may surprise people is tags. I tag books and random *things* on days, but I don't use it a lot.
- How I organize my days
- I typically plan out my day the night before. If I don't, I'll reorder *things* in the morning.
- At the top of my day I see events from my Google calendar so I know if I have any meetings. I join my meetings by clicking on the calendar links. I'll also have friend's birthdays and other reminders here.
- At the top of my day I organize the *things* I want to get done.
- I have a few daily reminders for *things* I do at the start and the end of my days. These are my habits.
- These are daily, weekly, or monthly reminders on to-dos. I check off as I do them each day and they appear unchecked the next time: meditate, read, stretch, reflect, invest money, etc.
- After my to-dos, I'll write thoughts and notes throughout the day. These are *things* I want to remember in the future.
- If I take notes for a meeting, after the meeting I’ll select them all and turn them into a sublist. If the sublist belongs to another list, I’ll organize it as a sublist there, too.
- If I get an email or come across things that I know I'll need on a future day, I'll add them to the future day. This way, I'll be able to easily reference directions for events or any*thing* that I'll need on that day.
- At the start of each day, Twos will carry over any of the unfinished to-dos from the day before. But, like I mentioned, I usually plan my day the night before, so I'll move *things* over then.
- Organizing lists
- I don’t put too much thought into how I organize lists.
- Some people think they need a well-thought-out structure or hierarchy. I've found starting simple and letting it evolve naturally works for me.
- I started by creating lists of topics I'm interested in (programming, meditation, dreams, goals, books).
- Now I create lists for meetings, blogs, and organize to-dos.
- Whenever I need to organize my thoughts or make a plan, I'll write things down on my day or I'll create a new list.
- If I realize that I have a lot of lists that relate to one topic (dev, books, blogs, friends, family), I’ll group them into a parent list.
- I have parent lists for the books I read each year, personal goals, blogs, conversations I have with people, development projects, and more.
- I bookmark the main lists I'm currently using (Dev, current sprint, books I’m reading, week goals, affirmations). I unbookmark a list when I’m done using it (we move on to the next sprint, I finish a book, I publish a blog, I finish a project).
- Other than that, I use search to find lists and things. I don't typically use the home, lists, or calendar views.
- I don’t worry about forgetting lists. Lists are resurfaced in many ways: search, review, memories, to-dos, stars, etc.
- It’s not perfect, but it doesn't need to be perfect. I’d rather it be quick and easy and something I do consistently. This way I'll capture and remember more pieces of my life. I don't need to stress about remembering everything in my head or overthink how it's organized.
- Remembering important *things*
- To remember *things*, I use stars, to-dos, reminders, memories, and search.
- If I write down some*thing* important, I’ll star it. I can quickly find my stars across my days and lists in one view.
- If it’s some*thing* I need to do, I’ll turn it into a to-do. I can quickly find all of my to-dos across all of my days and lists in one view.
- If I need a reminder or a recurring reminder, I'll create a reminder. It’ll show up on the day I need it so I'll remember it without needing to think about it.
- My favorite view is the memories view. It resurfaces days and lists based on time so I remember past experiences and information.
- If I ever need to remember random *things*, I use search.
- Conclusion
- That's my Twos setup.
- It’s simple and uses Twos' structure and features to help me stay organized.
- It’s not a crazy system that requires a bunch of time and effort whenever you want to capture some*thing* new or find something you're looking for.
- It’s quick, easy, and efficient so you can get back to your life and do what you want to do.
- If you're looking for a fun, simple, and free system that helps you remember more of your life, organize the *things* you care about, and share and connect with other people, give Twos a try today.
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- Happy Twosday ✌️