I’ve never quite found anything that stuck but I’m having a good run with Emacs and Org.

I’ve bound an AppleScript to f3 that copies a link to the currently selected email in mail.app. Being able to link to mail.app from org is pretty cool. The links still work even if the message gets archived or moved to a different mailbox.

This has allowed me to keep track of everything in org.

However if I’m really busy I just use a sheet of paper and a pen and make a plan for what I want to complete that day.