Schedule It!
Throw away the To Do List. Most of us are in the habit of writing out our to-do lists. We love the feeling of breaking down everything we have to do, listing it, and then crossing it out as we complete it. It feels so good to cross it out! But this is actually working against us. It isn’t setting us up for success. Let me illustrate the point with a quick story. A woman by the name of Lisa found that she would shut down after writing out her to-do list. She used all the organizational tools at her disposal: pen and paper, quick notes, an app on her phone, reminders set to pop up at certain times. Everything she could think of. Yet once she listed out everything she had to do, she felt worse, not better. The list overwhelmed her. |
