>Do people really have so many things to do, and is it really that difficult to keep track of them all?
I think you can find the answer to this question by looking at the comment thread of any TODO/notes/task-tracking submission on HN.
I think you can find the answer to this question by looking at the comment thread of any TODO/notes/task-tracking submission on HN.
I'm more curious about a broader question: at what point does life complexity actually require a formal system versus just mental tracking? Tech people are, for the most part, the only people I encounter actively using and iterating on their TODO solutions, and I am skeptical that in general they lead more complex lives.
The need to update a piece of software doesn't give me any physical cues, and if I have a couple dozen tasks like that waiting on me, I'm never going to remember them all unless they're all popping into my head throughout the day. That pretty much is how I used to try to do it, and it wasn't good.