At the end of my first day back at school for 2016, I also hit a major milestone. I became a Todoist Productivity Grandmaster. To most, this probably means nothing. But to those who use Todoist App for productivity, it is a big deal. It means that I have earned over 20,000 Todoist “Karma” points in my effort to complete nearly 3000 tasks.
The Todoist App is a productivity app that I use on iPhone and iPad. Everything I do, in some way, gets added into Todoist. Between work, blogging, hobbies, and family obligations and desires, I get things done precisely because I use Todoist. Todoist reminds me to water plants, wind an old antique clock, sign into the school computer, and get projects down to name just a few of the tasks. In the book “Getting Things Done“, David Allen introduces a concept of “open loops.” He explains that opens loops are “anything that doesn’t belong where it is, the way it is.” These are those ideas that pop in your head when you least expect it and try to hold on to it until you can write it down. With Todoist, I simply type it into my list and move on, knowing that the loop has been closed. Todoist has been magical in how it has made me more accountable and more productive.
One of the motivators that Todoist has built in is its “Karma” award system. When the user completes a task or uses the features of the app, the user is assigned karma points that add up to a certain level. The seventh level is the Grandmaster. The next level is 30,000 karma points away at the Enlightened level. I have had fun working my way up to this Grandmaster level and much more rewarded by all of the things I was able to accomplish.