Habits · Duration: 2 weeks
One notebook, no apps: a two-week focus trial
Leo Hartmann · Aug 17, 2026
Hypothesis
Replacing all to-do apps with one paper notebook will help us finish more of what we plan.
Method
For one week we used our usual apps, and for the next we used one notebook only. Each day we listed tasks in the morning and counted how many were finished by evening.
Result
The completion rate went from about 55% to 72%. We also planned fewer tasks, which may be part of why.
Confirmed
Confirmed. A shorter, handwritten list gets done more often.
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