[specproc]

The only thing that's ever worked is a piece of paper and a pen. Never really look back more than a week.

Not sophisticated, but it moves me forward.

[ozim]

Realizing graveyard of good intentions is not that valuable is one of the most important things that we have to learn. Best to just cut it and work on what is ahead.

[item007]

Totally agree — learning to prune the “good intentions” pile is a real productivity upgrade. Out of curiosity: do you have a simple rule for what you cut (age-based, relevance to current projects, or “if it didn’t turn into action, delete”)?

[item007]

Totally get it — paper forces focus and has near-zero overhead. Out of curiosity, is the “one-week horizon” a deliberate constraint to avoid backlog guilt, or just what naturally works for you?

[specproc]

Just what "works" for me, I guess.