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Hi I'm author of Tasko, an online task management tool which uses a plain text file format to store all the information.

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I think the concept of Tasko can appeal to many people who are exhausted to use troublesome task manager.

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Multiple sets of 43 folders?

New to using the system, but I've been interested in it for a few years.

My wife and I are about to kick off the new organization style, but we have a question: do we use multiple sets of 43 folders, or try to manage both our lives with one set?

I can only imagine that we should be using multiple sets, but she's an engineer and demands proof before moving on to next steps.

Here is our situation:

We both have day jobs, and we also run two different businesses on the side. Do we cram all of our lives into ONE set of 43 folders?

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