5 Things to Put an End To The Bottomless “To Do” List…

In a very busy world where each of us is tasked with multiple responsibilities at home, at work, in our social groups and our communities it is easy to just keep adding to our “To Do” list until it becomes the bottomless pit. Finishing the day without completing what we intended to do is demotivating and causes us to feel we have failed somehow. That is just not a good way to feel at the end of a day that most of us should be proud of. Maybe we missed a few items on the list but we did get a lot done too.There are ways to master the list, prioritize your day and your tasks so that you accomplish the important priorities and end the day feeling good about how you spent your time, knowing that you made progress toward the important objectives in your life.

Here are some ideas that I have used to master my own bottomless to do list:

1 – Start each day with a NEW list!
I am a habitual user of a daily task list and have been for many years. I have tried to keep it on my smartphone or task list in Outlook. I have even bought into some of the apps that promise to help me keep my life more organized. None of them work for me as well as my notepad. I end each day by creating my list for tomorrow – which includes adding anything that I did not get done today. Then I close the book on today’s list. So tomorrow I am not faced with an incomplete list from yesterday and a defeated feeling to start off my morning.

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