You need to keep track things somehow. And I can't think of a single piece of software or other elaborate method of project management that doesn't essentially boil down to "Thing X needs to get done"
I use todoist:
-About 60% are a bunch of ideas, a sort of wish list, that I occasionally read through to keep them in mind and in case something I thought of a while back is now much more relevant.
-At least 20% of what's on there are higher value projects I should work on when I have time.
-The last 20% are a regular stream of tasks coming in and out. When none of them are due "right now" then I work on something form the previous 20% (where values of "right now" are in the 2-3 days range and I'm absolutely certain that the soonest needed tasks will not take longer than that.
And then sometimes when I just need a break from normal work I will take a day or two & find something from the 60% to work on.
This also serves as a worklog so I can easily track what I've done-- especially useful for performance evaluations.
I use todoist:
-About 60% are a bunch of ideas, a sort of wish list, that I occasionally read through to keep them in mind and in case something I thought of a while back is now much more relevant.
-At least 20% of what's on there are higher value projects I should work on when I have time.
-The last 20% are a regular stream of tasks coming in and out. When none of them are due "right now" then I work on something form the previous 20% (where values of "right now" are in the 2-3 days range and I'm absolutely certain that the soonest needed tasks will not take longer than that.
And then sometimes when I just need a break from normal work I will take a day or two & find something from the 60% to work on.
This also serves as a worklog so I can easily track what I've done-- especially useful for performance evaluations.