Module 4 – September 18
I love lists.
Ever since school-related stress made its way into my life, I’ve realized how important lists are for keeping me on track. They’re the only way I make sure everything actually gets done.
Small lists, big lists, paper lists, digital lists, give me a blank canvas and I’ll turn it into bullet points, arrows, checkboxes, and the occasional doodle.
That’s just the way my brain functions.
But when I started college, I ran into my arch-nemesis: Notion.
It was the first organizational tool I had ever tried outside of school platforms like Blackboard and Canvas. And honestly? I could not wrap my head around it. The whole idea of having to revisit the same site over and over, spending hours making it “aesthetic” and perfect, only to forget about it halfway into the semester…not for me.
And don’t even get me started on planners. Every year I buy one because it’s cute, and every year it ends up collecting dust on my desk.
That’s why I’ll always vouch for lists. They’re simple, easy, and practical.
So, when I had to design a project planner this week, I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about it. Part of me still wanted to map out my white paper project plan on, well…white paper.
But I get it. The digital world is changing the way we coordinate projects, and sometimes it’s worth adapting.
Trello, surprisingly, worked better for me than I thought it would. I liked the “This Week” and “Later” features that helped me separate urgent tasks from the ones I could push back a little. Being able to paste links directly into cards was also a game changer as I didn’t have to dig through my endless tabs just to find a source or reword links on a word document. Plus, there’s something satisfying about dragging tasks from “To-Do” to “Done.” It’s like a digital version of crossing things off a list, and that tiny hit of accomplishment feels so good.
While I’ll never stop scribbling lists on scrap paper or sticky notes, I have to admit, Trello definitely left an impression on me.
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