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TODO.md

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Bill
Bill
Software Engineer @ Yelp

A stupid simple spec for keeping track of my weeks

I use Obsidian as a personal knowledge base. One of the main documents I keep in Obsidian is TODO.md. This is my weekly planner, notepad, and everything task tracking. It is purposely simple and barebones to ensure I actually use it. I've always found that the more complicated a task tracker, the more likely you are to fall into "tool paralysis". This is the same reason I use a plain markdown file instead of some stupid app.

This post is simple, as is my spec.

The Spec​

  • Work is done in 1 work week increments
  • The date in the header should be the Friday of that week
  • Every week is nested under the current year
  • Everything is in descending order
  • At the top of the document lives the Pinboard for important links and messages for myself
  • There are only 2 sub sections for each week; Thoughts and Tasks

Structure​

# Pinboard
{A live list of links or notes}
---
# {YYYY}
## Week of {YYYY-MM-DD}
### Thoughts
### Tasks

Thats it.