Tried Motion* for a while. Maybe a month of honest use.

Way too much upfront friction with planning out projects, tasks, activities.

The friction's mega compounded when you fall behind on maintaining the system. Makes it feel overwhelming.

Upfront decisions are part of a knowledge worker's transmutation of stuff to insight.

Like, that's the main argument that David Allen makes in Getting Things Done.

But GTD is just more flexible - if you fall behind, can quickly catch up. With Motion, feels daunting.

Insight: A good personal project management system needs to assume blackout periods.

* Referring to https://usemotion.com/