Why I Use Both Trello and Todoist
Yes, I need two productivity tools. But I use them very differently.
A few days ago, Todoist sent me an email informing me that I started using the app nine years ago. I was shocked — in the app world, that seems like an incredibly long time to stick with one product.
Admittedly, I haven't been a consistent user. There were a few years where I likely did not log in at all. Yet, I always found that I came back to Todoist when I felt like I didn't have a good handle on my to-do list, and now I've been a very consistent daily user for almost a year.
What changed? A few things actually. For a very long time, I was working a job where I still used Outlook, even though emails were running through GSuite. I used the Outlook Tasks feature to keep track of everything because it was so easy to create tasks from emails.
Then I left that job in early 2021. My new job relied on Slack for a lot of communication — including client communication. In addition to a role as a content marketing manager with many due dates to keep track of, I also took on some freelance writing.
Yet while Todoist is amazing, it's not my only tool to keep track of my life. I also use Trello. I've always been of the mindset that I'll use more than one tool to get something done…
