To close this guide, we want to be candid about what Elisi cannot do at the moment.
1. Project workflows and team collaboration
Team workflows are outside our current focus on personal growth, and our existing views are not designed for kanban-style processes. We would like to help small teams, but Elisi may not be the right tool for team collaboration today.
If you need team collaboration or kanban boards, you could try one of these tools:
- Trello: Bring tasks, teammates, and tools together to manage projects.
- Taskade: A shared workspace for your team's second brain.
- Teambition: A project collaboration tool from Alibaba.
2. Managing a large notes knowledge base
Elisi Notes is designed for quick capture and lightweight organization. It can collect ideas and comments and supports some nested structure, but it may not meet the needs of people who manage a large knowledge base. At the time this guide was written, rich-text and Markdown editing were not supported.
If you need a second brain with structured storage, cards, extensive search, and bidirectional links, consider these notes tools, some of which the Elisi team also uses:
- Obsidian: A privacy-first, open-source knowledge base.
- Logseq: A connected home for your wiki, documents, and projects.
- Notion: A workspace for documents, wikis, and projects.
- SiYuan: A local-first personal knowledge system with Markdown, block references, and bidirectional links.
3. Time blocking and quantified self-tracking
Time blocking divides the day into fixed periods, such as 5 minutes, 25 minutes, or an hour. For people with very busy schedules, quantifying time can be a necessary productivity practice. However, Elisi is designed around a weekly view and does not currently provide a detailed hourly calendar such as “study at 9, meet at 10.”
Our approach is to leave room for life and appropriate effort. We organize plans by week because our guiding principle is “your life, your goals,” not filling every minute. We believe people need rest as well as productivity. Planning by week, focusing on key goals each day, and resting on the weekend can support steady, long-term growth.
If you need detailed time tracking or time blocking, you could try:
- Timely: Automatic time tracking.
- Time Block: A time-blocking and quantified-self guide.
- Hourstack: Visual time management for teams.
Tell us about tools or features you recommend. This article was inspired by a user suggestion, and we carefully consider feedback when planning improvements to Elisi.
The Elisi team welcomes your feedback.