How do you keep a list of task?

Question

I recently switched jobs and this is the first time that I work in a company where I have to send out daily reports. Every few months I'll have performance reports, and those reports can influence my paycheck.How can I keep list of daily tasks and is there an easy way to somehow assign value (weight) to them so that when the time of yearly review comes I know what are my biggest accomplishments?We don't use system like Jira so I don't have a task list. Not everything that I work on has a GitHub issue. Code related stuff has, but speaking at meetups or writing blog posts comes without a GitHub issue.Do you have any tips for me? I'm pretty bad at showing my work. For me it is all days work. I don't know how to emphasize something.

ctenb · Accepted Answer

You could look at task warrior+time warrior. Another thing that exists is toggl, but that is mainly for tracking time if I'm not mistaken.

ensocode · Answer

I use a combination of a Kanban board (Kanboard) and Time Recording (clockify.me) then you have quite some statistics for performance reports and a structured plan for future tasks.

croo · Answer

I try not to overcomlicate it so I use Notepad++. New day ==> new tab and I list everything I plan do that day, including meeting notes. If you need to weight it you can put a number after each task is done. You can create a report once every week into a nice excel sheet or in whatever your higherups preference.

whinvik · Answer

At my last job, I had started to keep a separate set of notes for this. I would update it at the end of every sprint. It's cumbersome but it needs to be done.