Need to rely on 3rd-party programs/notebooks to gather

[Silverbane]

You don't need to rely on a third party program or even a notebook. Just have this website open: http://ffxivclock.com/#/.

If you run with two or more monitors*, that's not a bad option. Also available is Garland Bell, part of Garland Tools. Garland Tools is my go-to information resource for crafting and gathering. Once you learn how to use it, it is incredibly liberating.

*my wife runs 3, I run 5.