I write myself little lists of tasks, even when I’m entirely clear on what needs to be done. It may not feel like a hack, but it sure works like one for me - it’s a simple habit that makes a dramatic impact on the flow of my day.

Advantages I notice:

• mental shift in the perceived effort - instead of a full day of indeterminate stuff, instead it feels like a list of small things
• provides clear places for breaks (which also provides an easy way to say “I’d like to do X to relax a bit, but I need to get Y small thing done first”)
• helps me avoid getting distracted and working on something low priority
• makes it clear what’s getting done (one less cognitive task, also harder to miss items) and kinda fosters a sense of satisfaction as I go

I dunno, really feels silly that it makes such a big difference, but here we are. I don’t do it every day by any means (overdoing it “roboticizes” life to an unpleasant degree), but I use it most work days at least, and sometimes to keep up with chores and personal life stuff when I get real busy.

Not nearly as big a story as it seems:

• all existing users (and anyone who makes an account before Aug 21) are grandfathered into the free model forever
• the app is really a secondary feature altogether and pretty unimportant; I use my Anova sous vide plenty and have not once felt I wanted to use the app

This honestly seems pretty damn reasonable. And for just about anyone with enough disposable income to be cooking sous vide, $2/month (or they offer $10/yr!) is almost certainly no more than a rounding error.

What I don’t get is why (and how) they’re talking about disabling Bluetooth, that was mentioned but not really discussed or justified. I do have a big problem in principle with any situation where I’ve bought something, and without my consent the mfg changes it to remove functionality. That should be explicitly illegal (with maybe exceptions for true safety issues).