Org Mode 9.5
I&#x27;m ADHD and Org-mode has majorly improved my capacity to organise my life, because it has let me create a system that integrates most things I do in a way that works for me and my quirks.<p>My current setup is....<p>- Capture todos as they pop into my head, inbox, browser, rss feed, etc, into a simple daily.org file whose parents are the dates of the events. Here&#x27;s the org-capture-template:<p><pre><code>  (&quot;c&quot; &quot;Do on date&quot; entry (file+olp+datetree &quot;~&#x2F;org&#x2F;daily.org&quot;)
    &quot;\* TODO %? %^G\n%t\n%a\n&quot; :time-prompt t :clock-resume t)`
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It outputs a tree like this:<p><pre><code>  ** 2021-10 October
   *** 2021-10-01 Friday
    **** TODO Reply to Cecile about buying keyboard                        :PERSONAL:
    &lt;2021-10-01 Fri&gt;   
    [[mu4e:link-to-email][Re: Hello]]
   *** 2021-10-04 Monday
    **** TODO Haircut                                                      :PERSONAL:
    &lt;2021-10-04 Mon 11:00&gt;
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- If it&#x27;s part of a big project or more of a datastore, give it its own org file, and refile captures there. Use org-taskjuggler for Gantt charts.<p>- If it&#x27;s a long standing task (eg work on book, read Practical Common Lisp) set it up as a habit so that not only it repeats at the desired intervals but I get a diagram which says how well I&#x27;ve kept it up.<p>- Anything to do with friends and birthdays go in contacts.org, so that I can keep an eye on how much I see people.<p>- Load up Org Agenda and commit to a todo by clocking in (I). I almost never check how long I&#x27;ve spent, it&#x27;s more just about committing to myself. Mark things as done (t d) as appropriate.<p>- Archive DONEs ($) intermittently rather than immediately, so that I can remind myself that I&#x27;ve done stuff.<p>Stick to the rule that TODOs are only for things I expect myself to actually do, rather things I want myself to want to do. (my cycle is TODO DOING WAITING HOLD | DONE CANCELLED SCRATCH).<p>I used to have different org files for different projects&#x2F;aspects of my life but refiling things created too much friction. Most things just need to go into daily.org, and that&#x27;s fine.