Hey, I'm this guy :) And I think you're right. The technological solution was semi-serious (though I'm not sure that it came across in the write-up)
What I expect to get from it are hopefully new insights on the behaviours I described, not from my dumb Airtable setup, but from just putting _something_ new in to try and break the cycle. While setting it up (and writing this post), I was thinking about the problem in-depth, which is what's really valuable here.
Tip #4 on your list might work for me. I'm going to try that next time it comes up. Thanks!
I appreciate your response. I didn't mean to dunk on the idea; it is just that I too defaulted to trying to find the "right app" to fix these things and years later came to realize that tech is too general by design, and struggles to work effectively for such niche use cases. Tech can help provide a reminder, but ultimately can't force us to confront the heart of the issue. And sometimes that confrontation is necessary for us to agree to a new course of action, while accepting that it likely won't be a 100% solution. Good luck to you on your journey!
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Hey, I'm this guy :) And I think you're right. The technological solution was semi-serious (though I'm not sure that it came across in the write-up)
What I expect to get from it are hopefully new insights on the behaviours I described, not from my dumb Airtable setup, but from just putting _something_ new in to try and break the cycle. While setting it up (and writing this post), I was thinking about the problem in-depth, which is what's really valuable here.
Tip #4 on your list might work for me. I'm going to try that next time it comes up. Thanks!
I appreciate your response. I didn't mean to dunk on the idea; it is just that I too defaulted to trying to find the "right app" to fix these things and years later came to realize that tech is too general by design, and struggles to work effectively for such niche use cases. Tech can help provide a reminder, but ultimately can't force us to confront the heart of the issue. And sometimes that confrontation is necessary for us to agree to a new course of action, while accepting that it likely won't be a 100% solution. Good luck to you on your journey!