🧰 My 2023 Toolkit
One Year of The Report!
Hey friends!
Welcome to another edition of The Report. In honor of celebrating (🎉) one year of working on The Report, I have decided to pay homage to my very first post. Since I last wrote this post, my toolkit has changed considerably, with some tools staying with me and others being replaced. Here's an updated look at my toolkit. With this post, I also encourage you to reflect on the apps you currently use and see if any one on this list can fit your stack better!
Organization
Todoist: My (Temporary) Main Driver
Things 3 has been with me for the entire year, but recently, it just doesn’t fit. With so many new upgrades happening to apps within the same category, it somehow feels like Things 3 is no longer fitting the requirement for me. I love the “Upcoming” board view layout in Todoist for a more visual way of looking at my tasks. While I admire the stability of Things 3, it just lacks some core features for me. So, for now at least, Todoist is my main task manager.
My email accounts have only grown since the last year (😅) but Outlook has handled it beautifully. With their most recent updates, I can now assign specific colors to each of my email accounts, which makes it that much more visually appealing. Outlook has never failed me and until there is a better email management app on the market, I'm sticking with this one.
Stoic has been a great addition to my toolkit and I have recently renewed my subscription with this app. It has made journaling easy and meaningful and I love the simplicity of it. With great prompts designed to make you think, supplemented with meditation guides and a breath work system, Stoic does it all. My favorite, however, would have to be their Journey page, which shows a neat little timeline of everything that I have accomplished so far.
Writing
Craft Docs is one of the most important apps in my toolkit. I use this app for managing this newsletter, working on my business, taking care of my coursework and jotting down lecture notes. It’s been a great companion so far and I see no reason to stop using this app.
As a student, I can’t recommend GoodNotes enough. I organize all of my notes here, share them with my friends and classmates and work on assignments together. I can make flashcards on this app, and even plan out days in a written format if I need to. GoodNotes has been a great addition to my writing toolkit this year.
Reading
I can’t say enough good things about Arc. If you want to view the internet through new eyes, then Arc is the tool you’re looking for. It’s an amazing upgrade from Safari and absolutely delights the user. And now, with their newest Air Traffic Control feature that lets you open specific links in specific spaces, Arc has only cemented its position in my toolkit. If you haven’t tried out Arc yet, I highly recommend it.
Matter has been my go-to read-it-later service. It simply works. There's no hassle in sharing articles to Matter, or getting content from my favorite writers (you can find them here and here!). From highlighting profound thoughts to listening to articles on the go, Matter is my best discovery this year.
I have finally upgraded to the Kindle Paperwhite for all my reading needs. I have been reading on the Kindle since December and can’t believe I didn’t get it sooner. Kindle has encouraged me to read more and learn much more. Its distraction free reading experience and e-ink screen that works in a variety of environments is perfect for a reader who is constantly on the go.
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Spoorthi 💜
Polar Habits has just recently become my main driver.
Todoist and Obsidian