![]() List your chosen 3-5 items into order of importance and/or urgency. If you pick just 3 then you’re much more likely to get them all done. If you make your whole list full of important or urgent things, you’re unlikely to get any of them done. To make sure you get the most important things done, choose just 3-5 things which are THE most important or urgent. Let’s now look at some pointers on how to write a daily To Do list, to be effective and get things done and, of course, keeping it simple and not too complicated… 1. It gives you a visual record of your progress.You can also tick things off the list as you do them, so you can feel really productive and encouraged to keep going.Frees up your mental space by getting your thoughts out of your mind and down onto paper.It helps keep you focused on what you’ve got to do.You can prioritise the important things.Here are some of the main benefits to writing your To Do list down: Write your To Do list down on paper and stop relying on your brain to retain all the information you need. To help with this you might like my post on how to declutter your mind. Free up your mind so that it’s not distracted by clutter and open it up to more wonderful possibilities. Your brain is meant for so much more than remembering the minute details of your daily life. However, I do think it’s helpful to write your list down. Others just feel pressured and stressed by the very thought of committing thought to paper (my husband is one of those!). Some of us also like to have lists and be ultra-organised. Some of us can retain a lot of information in our minds, others not so much (I definitely fall into the latter category!). ![]() WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO WRITE A TO DO LIST DOWN? We’ll look in detail at HOW you can write a good To Do list in a moment, but firstly, I just wanted to explain a little about the benefits of writing a To Do list in the first place, rather than keeping it all in your head! It’s about creating a To Do list that is both simple and strategic. This post is all about how to write a daily To Do list, to be effective and get things done. The other thing you could do is look at your To Do list.Īre you creating a To Do list that’s strategic, effective and helpful or are you just dumping your entire brain onto paper and hoping to tick it all off by bed time? If this is you, then you’re probably not going to sleep very well! However, when you get too busy and it leads to frustration, anxiety, tiredness, stress, overwhelm or just a feeling of being out-of-sync with the life that you’d like to lead, then maybe it’s time to re-assess things. Some seasons of life and some people are just generally busier than others. It’s not an accurate measure of how hard we work either.Busy doesn’t mean we’re more productive or efficient. ![]()
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