I kept a Tul disc-bound notebook for years. The kind where you can pop pages in and out, rearrange sections, add fresh sheets when a list gets too messy. It was the only notebook that mattered.

Every morning started the same way. I’d set it on my desk, flip to my project list, and pick up my …

<– Part 1: The Notebook

I tried everything. And I mean the full circuit – the one that every productivity person eventually runs, usually more than once.

Todoist first, because it was simple and everyone recommended it. It lasted about three weeks. Then TickTick, because it had …

<– Part 2: The Leap

I am not a developer. I want to be clear about that upfront, because what I’m about to describe sounds like something a developer would do, and I think the fact that I’m not one is the whole point.

I sat down one weekend with Claude – Anthropic’s …