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I've recently tried adopting the http://www.bulletjournal.com/ system, but using Evernote. Unfortunately I wasn't able to make it work for me.

After just a few days I've found myself not being able to figure out at a glance what's next and having to go back and forth the notes. That even if I've spent the time to inter-link things. But at this point I should also mention that in my role (product manager) I have quite a few projects on my plate at all time and a month long list of things is usually in the high tens/hundred items (and doesn't include meetings).

I was really attracted by the BulletJournal system as it felt in a way similar to what I've been using, but with a nicer/cleaner visual representation. Basically I have my long list of things in a tool. Every Monday I spend a bit of time extracting what's the focus for the week into a separate file. In this file I also log daily activity. At the end of the week there's a short review and then I'm archiving the week.

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FreezerburnV|12 years ago

I'm sorry you weren't able to make it work. That kind of workload sounds like a lot for anything. You might consider using something like Omnifocus or Things in order to keep track of all of that. (among other solutions for tracking all of that kind of data) They're a bit more tailor-made for something like that. Evernote is less of a heavy task-management system as it is a place to dump a lot of information. (such as the entire web page with a brownie recipe I have saved. perfect for that, less for managing 10 complicated projects)

Honestly though, it sounds like you have a system already in place that works well for you. Why switch away? The only thing you might do is use a notebook to dump all the stuff from one week into, then have your short review on a separate page(s), then start over. (using indices in the front of the notebook to keep an easy reference to start of each section. start of week 1, start of week 1 review, start of week 2, etc.) But I suppose one size does not fit all. Do what works and helps you keep track of things!