Alright, let’s talk about this ‘equin’ thing I tried out recently. Heard some chatter about it, supposed to be some new way to handle workflow, or maybe organize projects? Sounded interesting enough, so I thought, why not give it a spin.
Getting Started
First off, finding solid info on how to actually use ‘equin’ wasn’t super straightforward. It wasn’t like downloading an app, more like a set of principles or maybe a template? I grabbed what looked like the main guide or setup instructions I could find. Seemed simple on the surface. Just a few steps to get the basic structure in place. I spent an afternoon setting it all up, following the documentation I had.
Trying to Make it Work
So, I started plugging my current tasks and project notes into this ‘equin’ structure. The idea, as I understood it, was to create these specific ‘zones’ or ‘containers’ for different types of work. It felt a bit weird at first, very rigid compared to my usual mess.
- I put my coding tasks in one place.
- Meeting notes went into another.
- Random ideas got dumped somewhere else, just like the guide suggested.
For the first day or two, it felt kind of neat. Everything looked tidy. But then, the cracks started showing pretty quick.
Where it Fell Apart
The biggest problem? Flexibility. Or the lack of it. Real work isn’t that neat. A task might start as a note, become a coding job, then need a meeting. Moving stuff between these ‘equin’ zones was clunky. It felt like I was spending more time managing the system than actually doing the work.
And if something didn’t quite fit the predefined categories? Tough luck. I ended up with a ‘misc’ zone that just got bigger and bigger, defeating the whole purpose. It felt like trying to fit square pegs into round holes. There was also this weird suggestion about ‘balancing’ the zones, which just added another layer of stuff to worry about.
I also found it didn’t play nice with my other tools. It was this isolated system. Getting information in or out was manual and tedious. Honestly, it felt like a step backward in many ways.
My Final Take
After about a week, maybe ten days, I just couldn’t keep fighting it. The initial tidiness wasn’t worth the constant hassle and the feeling of being restricted. I eventually just abandoned the whole ‘equin’ setup. Went right back to my slightly chaotic but functional mix of digital notes and a physical notebook.
Maybe ‘equin’ works for people with really predictable, straightforward tasks. Or maybe I just didn’t ‘get’ it. But for me, it felt too prescriptive, too rigid. It created more friction than it removed. So yeah, that was my little experiment with ‘equin’. An interesting idea on paper, maybe, but didn’t really pan out in my day-to-day grind.
