I might be making a productivity mistake (and I'm okay with it)

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Ok, now that you’ve answered the question above, let’s get into it.

Pros And Cons

I’ll be honest - there’s pros and cons to using one tool for everything, which is currently how I have things set up.

There is no “right or wrong” here. Just like a lot of productivity and time management, it’s about finding what works best for you.

I like having my reminders and tasks in one place so that I don’t have to look across another tool or app.

It simplifies things down so that I know that everything with a due date will eventually end up in one place: ClickUp.

What’s the downside?

Some people like to have more of a separation. If you’re an employee using the company’s app or tool, you might have more of a reason to use your own for personal tasks.

Also, it can lead to some productive procrastination. For example, you might see something like “order 15 things on Amazon” next to “buckle down and just crank out that report”. Guess which one will catch your eye and lead to more than 15 things being ordered from Amazon? You guessed it!

It’s not the end of the world, but if you’re going to roll that way, it’s something to be aware of.

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Making It Work In ClickUp

As I mentioned, I use ClickUp for now and have my personal and professional tasks and reminders there.

I created a video about this, and how I keep things a little separated inside of ClickUp to make this work:

The same idea can be applied to most of the project management tools out there.

I think it’s worth considering the other way of doing things, somewhat ironically.

That is, if you have everything combined, think about separating and what benefits that might bring.

If you keep it separated, think about merging and possible benefits and time savings could come from that.

As always, keep in mind that you should have a quantifiable reason to then make the actual switch. Don’t let shiny object syndrome get you.

Extra Extra

• Continuing the ideas from above, if I was going to keep things separated, I’d use something more task list oriented like Todoist for personal use.

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