"My approach is basically, write down any tasks, regardless of how big and small"
I do the same thing using 3x5 cards. There is a loose system with the cards depending on the things that I am tracking. One card might be a list of all the things I just thought of that need to be done. Another might be a list of things that I know I need to do at some point in the next month or year. The thing that seems to work best for me is not having a particular structure to the cards.
Mini post-it notes tapped on my desktop also work.
In any case as you are saying having a physical piece of paper seems to work very well.
Oh yeah - I rewrite the cards as well as I cross of a few things that have been completed.
I do the same thing using 3x5 cards. There is a loose system with the cards depending on the things that I am tracking. One card might be a list of all the things I just thought of that need to be done. Another might be a list of things that I know I need to do at some point in the next month or year. The thing that seems to work best for me is not having a particular structure to the cards.
Mini post-it notes tapped on my desktop also work.
In any case as you are saying having a physical piece of paper seems to work very well.
Oh yeah - I rewrite the cards as well as I cross of a few things that have been completed.