I’m writing my PhD and sometimes feel like I’m losing my mind trying to balance home and work tasks, thesis tasks, personal and household habits, and potential connecting these to notes. I really struggle if everything isn’t in one place I can’t keep track of it.

I’ve been using Beaverhabits for habits, Baikal for Caldav connected to iPhone reminders and Thunderbird tasks, and memos and trilium for notes. I also, use a notebook for daily stuff and move it over to digital if it isn’t finished by 5.

Any recommendations? I would really appreciate it. I enjoy thinking about how to do and manage work efficiently but also need a firm system.

  • Hellfire103@lemmy.caEnglish
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    4 days ago

    For you, I’d recommend trying Logseq. It wasn’t for me, but feature-wise it might be what you’re looking for.

    Failing that, using todo.txt for your notes might work better. However, the only usable app on iOS for this is SwiftoDo, and you would need to figure out how to sync the file yourself.

    Here's my own stack
    • For notes, I just have a folder full of Markdown files I edit using QOwnNotes and Micro on desktop and Markor on mobile, synchronised with Syncthing.
    • For to-do lists, I use a todo.txt (also on Syncthing), which I edit with Sleek on desktop and Markor on mobile.
    • For calendars, I use Posteo (an email provider, with contacts and calendars). The calendars are synchronised using CalDAV, wherein I access them with Thunderbird on desktop and DAVx⁵/Fossify Calendar on mobile.
      • CalDAV and CardDAV, as you know, are compatible with iOS out-of-the-box.