A list of things that might make PDW more effective when you write them down:
- A task list, especially split into four buckets: today, tomorrow, this week, and later
- Waiting-for list: `(sent date) (who) (topic)`
- YWT (what I did, what I learned, what I'll do next)
- Ideas that came to mind
- Drafts of writing you can't finish in one sitting
- A positive journal
- A negative journal (recommended to delete on or after the next day, since keeping it can become stressful)
- Putting vague, unsettled thoughts or worries into words
A trigger list you can use to decide where to run your PDW:
- Write to a local file? Use a cloud tool? Write locally and upload to the cloud?
- Plain text? Rich text?
- Markdown? Free-form?
- Handle images? Or text-only is enough?
- File? Page? Slide?
- Could you implement it with chat, a wiki, notes, tickets like Issues, or a whiteboard?
- One page per day? One page per week? One page per month?
- Creating the daily frame manually vs automating it?
- How will you integrate with generative AI, and what prompts will you use?
2025-12-20.md
# Tasks
Do today:
- ...
Do tomorrow:
- ...
Do this week:
- ...
Do later:
- ...
# Waiting for
- 2025-12-11 Mr./Ms. A XXXX
- 2025-12-11 Customer 1 YYYY
- 2025-12-12 HR Department ZZZZ
# Work notes and journal (newest at the bottom)
...
2025-12-w3.md
# 2025-12-20
## Tasks
Do today:
- ...
Do tomorrow:
- ...
Do this week:
- ...
Do later:
- ...
## Waiting for
- 2025-12-11 Mr./Ms. A XXXX
- 2025-12-11 Customer 1 YYYY
- 2025-12-12 HR Department ZZZZ
## Work notes and journal (newest at the bottom)
...
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# 2025-12-19
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