There is a particular kind of irritation that comes from repeatedly failing at a system everyone else swears is “so simple.” The planner does not get opened. The reminder becomes wallpaper. The beautiful filing system becomes a very organized graveyard of things you meant to deal with later. And because the system is supposedly simple, the obvious conclusion becomes: well, clearly I am the problem. Respectfully, no.
Systems are built around assumptions about what people will remember, notice, tolerate and repeat. When those assumptions do not match your brain, friction shows up everywhere. Maybe visual information works better than hidden information. Maybe the “proper” storage place is too far from where you actually use the thing. Maybe one reminder is adorable but three reminders and a timer are effective.
The useful question is not “Why can't I do this normally?” It is “Where does this process stop working for me?” Once you ask that, a workaround stops looking like cheating and starts looking like what it actually is: design.
Build for the brain you have
That may mean baskets instead of drawers, duplicate chargers, labels on the outside, a visible timer, body doubling, fewer categories, or a deliberately imperfect system that you can actually maintain. I am deeply uninterested in a system that looks beautiful for three days and then requires a small administrative department to keep alive.
The best system is not the most impressive one. It is the one you will still be using when the novelty wears off.