I (a DIY-er in-training) have always struggled to keep track of all the parallel home maintenance projects and repair tasks my wife casually requests during the week.
So I threw together a quick system in Coda with two fronts
- Super Simple Submission Form: My wife can quickly submit tasks without needing a login or seeing any complicated backend.
- My Own Dashboard: I can manage and prioritize everything in one spot, tracking status, notes, and what materials I need.
Here’s how it works
- She fills out a simple form when something comes up (no login needed for her)
- The requests go into a doc where I detail, approve, prioritize, and eventually, activate them. You can see here that I have not yet taken a look at the sandbox request, and that, out of the requests I have approved, they’re grouped by priority.
- Once I’m ready to take more on (usually not more than 3-5 active projects at a time), I activate it, which allows me to add detailed steps and their statuses.
- From there, I have a table at the top of the front page that quickly displays all the tasks I can do right now.
I also have a reporting page to automatically show me how much I’m getting done week-over week. (Here’s an example from around last year’s holidays).
It’s been working great for us, and I’d love any thoughts or ideas from you all on improving it.
Happy to share the doc if anyone’s interested; just drop me a message!
Would love to hear if any of you have tackled similar situations differently!