Episode 9: Conquering Your To-Do List
The beginning of the year and that time when you come up with your goals and priorities for the year always seem like a clean slate, right? But give it a couple of weeks, and your to-do list can start to get of control. We’ve all been there!
That’s why we wanted to talk about conquering your to-do list and what you can do to prevent it from controlling your life or causing guilt or insecurity about all the things you need to do.
Tune in as we talk about how we organize the tasks on our to-do lists, share stories of success and failure, and discuss some strategies for managing your tasks efficiently.
What you'll hear in this episode:
Why it’s important not to jump into making a to-do list before you set your priorities and goals
How to choose a system to manage your plans and tasks… and when to try another one
Why we like organizing our to-do lists under themes or categories, experimenting with the concept of “theme days” and batching tasks
Why it’s important to write down your three most important tasks of the day
What to do when everything on your to-do list seems important, and you can’t prioritize
How to handle tasks that have been sitting on your to-do list for too long
What to do on those days when a personal emergency happens, and you have to re-prioritize your to-do list
Why you should review and adjust your to-do list periodically
Books, links, and resources that we mentioned in this episode:
Michael Hyatt's Full Focus Planner
Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy
The Translator: A Novel by Nina Schuyler
Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living by Tsh Oxenreider
“Sometimes our stop-doing list needs to be bigger than our to-do list.”
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