I think that unless you get the data easily (ie., automatic), it will be very hard to maintain such a detailed journal (well, unless you’re neurotically obsessed). I have been using some tools to help me deal with this:
For endurance sports (in my case: running), I’ve been quite happy with Sports Tracker to record my times/distance etc.
To maintain lists of todos, tracking their states, clocking them etc., I’m using org-mode. It’s incredibly powerful once you get the hang of it.
For overall time-management, I’m using something inspired by David Allen’s Getting things done. Works pretty well for me.
In general, I don’t think there is any ultimate answer to battle procrastination, but you can get better at it. Reading a book about it (say, David Allen’s or The 7 Habits) now and then helps a bit, even if the effect is only short-lived.
Org-mode made me switch from Vim to Emacs. It’s very hard to compete against, since using the same large set to interface idioms for everything is a pretty big win, and any dedicated solution to just one aspect will probably fail to provide all of a spreadsheet, embedded LaTeX, time tracking and a programmable TODO list all usable without any context switching.
Perhaps it will be difficult to keep up with, but I really, really, wouldn’t expect so. Filling out the numbers takes at most a minute, and there’s no real reason not to do it.
If that works for you, that’s excellent of course.
For me, it’d be hard to keep the routine—it’s not so much the little time it takes, but simply the fact I would need to systematically do it. So, when designing my own ‘support-system’ (various tools, scripts, habits etc.) I try to take my own imperfections into account.
I think that unless you get the data easily (ie., automatic), it will be very hard to maintain such a detailed journal (well, unless you’re neurotically obsessed). I have been using some tools to help me deal with this:
For endurance sports (in my case: running), I’ve been quite happy with Sports Tracker to record my times/distance etc.
To maintain lists of todos, tracking their states, clocking them etc., I’m using org-mode. It’s incredibly powerful once you get the hang of it.
For overall time-management, I’m using something inspired by David Allen’s Getting things done. Works pretty well for me.
In general, I don’t think there is any ultimate answer to battle procrastination, but you can get better at it. Reading a book about it (say, David Allen’s or The 7 Habits) now and then helps a bit, even if the effect is only short-lived.
On behalf of my fellow Vimmers, I hereby declare a blood feud against you.
Isn’t there a good desktop tool or a web-based tool that does the same thing?The battle lines are drawn!
Google also turns up Vim OrgMode. I’ve got no idea how good it is (in absolute terms, or relative to VimOrganizer).
(And as an Emacs-er, I wouldn’t dare to venture any deeper into enemy territory to investigate :P )
Org-mode made me switch from Vim to Emacs. It’s very hard to compete against, since using the same large set to interface idioms for everything is a pretty big win, and any dedicated solution to just one aspect will probably fail to provide all of a spreadsheet, embedded LaTeX, time tracking and a programmable TODO list all usable without any context switching.
There’s VimOrganizer, which aspires to be org-mode-for-vim. Judging from the video, it seems like a nice tool.
There are many todo-list/organizers online (Remember The Milk is a nice one), but I don’t think there is any tool that does what org-mode does.
Perhaps it will be difficult to keep up with, but I really, really, wouldn’t expect so. Filling out the numbers takes at most a minute, and there’s no real reason not to do it.
If that works for you, that’s excellent of course.
For me, it’d be hard to keep the routine—it’s not so much the little time it takes, but simply the fact I would need to systematically do it. So, when designing my own ‘support-system’ (various tools, scripts, habits etc.) I try to take my own imperfections into account.