my website at https://anirudh.fi
blog: rewording etc.
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me, this failed constantly:
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* I didn't check it often enough and missed time-critical tasks
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* I checked it but I *forgot* to do the thing because I was distracted
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As an example, every so often during the day -- I'd note down a task to
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say, "buy oat milk". Easy enough, I can do that on my way home from
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As an example, every so often during the day, I'd note down a task to
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say "buy oat milk". Easy enough. I can do that on my way home from
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work. There's a supermarket at my nearest metro station so popping by
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there before walking home should be a trivial task.
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in my head, and the poll interval is not fixed, there are several of
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these blind spots where tasks get missed.
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And so, my new push-based system -- one that I've been using to great effect
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for the better part of last year -- came about. At its core, it's
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And so, my new push-based system -- one that I've been using to great
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effect for the better part of last year -- came about. At its core it's
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incredibly simple: my phone's Reminders app. I use Apple Reminders but
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really, this works with any similar app.
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