Forgot an important event? Stressed because of so many tasks to complete? No longer motivated to finish your goals? These will make you unproductive.
A To-do list is a must to get your activities done in order to achieve greater goals. It should be designed to meet your deadlines, cover all your tasks, and manage your time.
Be productive, meet your deadlines, and have a stress-free day using a to-do list.
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Here's what you should do first before you write down your to-do list.
- Remove things that do not need a reminder. Like opening an email since you will be doing it anyway.
- See what needs to delegate to save your time and effort.
- See things to reschedule for a later day so you give your attention to other things that are urgent.
- Focus on your top 3 most important things so you can see what needs your attention right away. Tick them off as you complete tasks.
- Be specific about what you want
to achieve. Eyes on the prize to help you focus
- Base your to-do list with your
weekly, monthly, and yearly planner. Treat your to-do list as baby steps in achieving your short and long-term goals.
- Start with a fresh page daily.
Another day, another set of tasks to complete. De-clutter your page by focusing on what matters for that day only.
- Allocate 5-10 minutes in between tasks for something unexpected. Use this buffer time to refresh your mind or catch up with unfinished tasks.
- Don't waste time decorating
your planner. Who's guilty?
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- Use a phrase or inspiring quote to
inspire yourself.
- Give room for improvement. You are
not superwoman. If your to-do list gives you a headache, check these guidelines again.
- Use planners for your to-do list. Download an organizing printable that you can use over and over again. Or this planner from Amazon if you are not into printables.
- Make use of Post-it notes for a sudden idea that comes to your mind.
- Assign time estimates. You
need to research, giving yourself an hour to do to stop yourself from browsing an unimportant website.
- Be sure to still give
quality to your work
- Keep it simple
- Have a brain dump notepad. Our imagination has no limit. There’s
always something that you don’t want to lose. Your kid’s toy he asked you to buy and a recipe you stumbled upon. We do not want to clutter our to-do list. So have separate notes for those things.
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Use a separate goal planner
Slay Your Goals Planner is a printable planner that helps to set actionable goals and
slay them. Your ordinary planner will keep you organized but the Slay Your
Goals Planner will help you achieve your goals.
This planner will help you to slay days and crush your goals. You will also be able to journal your daily challenges to combat them.
- Spend your best time on your top priorities
- Set up a radically effective time-management system
- Learn better habits for working productively and for avoiding distractions and time wasters.
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These are great tips. I don't always do to-do lists coz I know I will never complete them. I just to things as they come. But maybe I just didn't have the right method! xx corinne
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I have multiple planners, because I am absolutely OBSESSED with them. They help to make the world go round, as far as I'm concerned. For everything important, I always come up with to-do lists, because it helps me stay organized. I hate to work under unorganized and chaotic conditions.
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