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# Nothing in your workflow is permanent
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/nothing-in-your-workflow-is-permenent/
- Published: 2025-04-10T18:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-04-19T13:18:52.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler

My friend and podcast co-host Chris Lawley [just posted a video](https://youtu.be/64HZRdBXYn0?ref=birchtree.me) about how his relationship with the iPad has changed over time. I linked to this on social media and got a few replies from folks who said something to the effect of, "we told you so," which truthfully I just find obnoxious. The implication is that Chris was wrong to use the iPad for so much for so long, and now he's done "the right thing" by integrating a Mac into more of his work.

This isn't an isolated incident, which is why I'm writing about this. As someone who shares *a lot* about my tech life online, I get this sometimes as well. When I change from a simple app to a more complex one, I hear why obviously the more complex app that has more features was of course the right choice all along. Then in a few years when I go from that same complex app to a simpler app, I hear why no one actually needs that complexity. This meme (or origin I can't find, unfortunately) is a good example of this.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/31/25312b2a-2d5b-4d01-ba92-e6755efc202c/content/images/2025/04/Pasted-image-20250410124136.png)

Without turning this into a 1,000+ word post, I'll just sum it up this way:

- Your task manager will change one day
- Your writing system will change one day
- Your mail app will change one day
- Your web browser will change one day
- Your keyboard will change one day
- Your computer will change one day
- Your desk will change one day
- Your physical capabilities will change one day
- Everything will change one day

The fact these change doesn't mean you used the wrong thing, it just means your needs changed.