Tackling Your To Do's

Trying to get things done, but feel overwhelmed by your never-ending list of things-to-do?

Make a Master List of everything you have, or want, to do. It doesn't have to be in any particular order. This is basically just a laundry list of tasks.

Beside each, assign a priority letter:

A=Important and Urgent

B=Important, but Not Urgent

C=Would be nice to do

Each day, transfer no more than 4 of those items to your To Do List (two A Priorities, one B Priority, and one A,B or C Priority), and work on those items only. If you don't finish the items on your To Do list on any particular day, complete them on the next day.

When everything is done, feel free to transfer 4 more items from your Master List to your To Do List. By using this system every day, you'll be amazed at all you can accomplish, including high priority tasks, without stress.

Comments

[Nelda Steen]

Maria,
This seems do-able to me. I've made Master Lists many times and then get overwhelmed about what to do and when. And often end up doing very little or nothing. Thanks for this tip.

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You used the icon from Things! I recognized it as I have been using it for a year and it's helped to make me more organized (in addition to the wonderful gals on the forum of course :) )