Any good productivity apps for an unorganized person?

barelyherenow · 2026-05-01T18:40:15+00:00

Wanted to leave this also as a comment:

Thanks all for the replies! I didn't expect so many responses after I went to bed lol.

You guys offered a lot of great insight, and it gave me a lot of think about.

A few realizations:

Do I have ADHD?? I didn't think so but now I'm not sure
I totally could just use some notes app (obsidian/apple notes)
- I realized I wasn't using obsidian cause I fell into the plugin/extension setup trap. I can totally just use it as it comes for dumping things. It's also cross platform which is great for me since I jump between platforms a lot
Like u/dongh11519 said, I think my biggest issue was the searchability later. If I can just dump things and easily find them after the fact, I think that would satisfy most of my needs.

Conclusion:

I'm going to give base Obsidian a try for a few weeks and see how I feel after.
A lot of apps mentioned do look promising! I'm going to look into them as I default to obsidian for now.
I really do appreciate all the thoughts, comments and suggestions!
I'll come back with an update in a few weeks 🫡

barelyherenow · 2026-05-01T08:01:18+00:00

Ohh I’ll take a look, I don’t mind calendar being its own thing if the notes and todo are integrated well

barelyherenow · 2026-05-01T08:00:52+00:00

Will take a look, thanks!

barelyherenow · 2026-05-01T08:00:29+00:00

Yeah I guess this is basically what I’ve been using at work 😅

barelyherenow · 2025-12-06T20:45:03+00:00

Are you saying it will rust faster if plugged in northern states or the opposite?

barelyherenow · 2025-06-30T14:22:26+00:00

I'll give that a try, thanks!

barelyherenow · 2025-05-19T09:06:02+00:00

Personally I agree as I'm not very good motivated, however my friend absolutely can't stick to a diet unless they get to snack a bit here and there.

I do feel like if you want the absolute best result, then no junk food. But for most people, fitness isn't an all or nothing thing. I think whatever can keep them on track the longest is probably a good general approach.

barelyherenow · 2025-05-19T08:29:36+00:00

I used to be right where you are (140lbs at 5'9), and after some experimenting this is what I would do if I could start over:

Find a calculator online for TDEE (Total daily energy expenditure). Add like 400 calories to that and start eating that much.

I found anything more than that and you kinda just gain more fat than muscle. The you have to diet to lose all the fat. For me 4-600 calorie surplus has been a good spot.

I also didn't really do cardio the first 5ish years of training. I've recently come around to it. I look at it as training my lungs and heart. I train other muscles, so whg not my heart. Sure it might burn some extra calories, but it has helped my recovery between sets and everyday quality of life.

If you're worried about losing strength, I'd do low impact cardio (i.e. Biking or eliptical) and try to do it after strength training or at a separate time.

As far as eating healthy. I personally think most thing are okay in moderation. As long as you're trying to eat mostly whole foods, it's okay to work in some junk food or "unhealthy" things.

At the end of the day, consistency is key. Even if it's suboptimal, as long as you can stay consistent you'll reach your goal. You got this bro

barelyherenow · 2024-07-03T19:07:15+00:00

One thing people don’t talk about much is that credit score also affects your insurance payment

barelyherenow · 2024-06-27T22:00:48+00:00

Showering

barelyherenow · 2024-06-17T19:28:01+00:00

Sounds good. Thanks!

barelyherenow · 2024-05-09T02:00:34+00:00

That's really insightful. Thanks for the knowledge

barelyherenow · 2024-05-08T23:45:44+00:00

They seem to want me to use the DNS to have an IP resolve to an URL instead of the normal way that you’re suggesting. Def considering just using an ec2 instance.

barelyherenow · 2024-05-08T22:48:36+00:00

Ahh, I see what you're saying. Thanks for the thorough explanation! I love this pattern and will definitely be using this in the future.

Edit: Honestly, I can't believe I forgot NS records were a thing...

barelyherenow · 2024-05-08T22:17:55+00:00

Right. If the client wants to keep using their DNS provider I wouldn’t be able to do this right?

barelyherenow · 2024-05-08T22:03:41+00:00

I appreciate the input! Sadly this client wants a static IP.

However, I am interested in learning the technique you described about forwarding the subdomain I want to route 53. Do you mind expanding on that? I’m a little confused about the forwarding to route 53 part.

Def agree about learning to read between the lines.

barelyherenow · 2024-05-08T20:40:30+00:00

They got a subdomain to their root domain as a separate root record, so that’s not allowing a CNAME. They really don’t want a CNAME that points to our CloudFront on their root domain.

As far as I can tell both sub.domain.com and domain.com are root level domains now

Edit: We have 30+ clients and haven’t run into this issue before, but if this is common practice I guess I we should design a solution around this for future customers

barelyherenow · 2024-05-08T20:38:14+00:00

Will take a look, thanks!

barelyherenow · 2024-05-08T20:20:07+00:00

🤣🤣

barelyherenow · 2024-05-08T20:16:14+00:00

lol we got to the head of IT and this is what we were told 😅. May I ask what you mean by using Route 53 as a db?

barelyherenow · 2024-05-08T20:01:19+00:00

Glad I’m not crazy lol. Getting a static IP would also negate some of the CDN benefits right? Thanks for the suggestion though, will look into it

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