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Manage Your To-Do List

Do you have an actual to-do list or is it just a list of tasks that you will get “around-to”?

I have a notepad beside my phone where I keep a running list of tasks as they come up throughout the day.  It’s a scribble list of notes and reminders that I’m constantly reviewing and updating. 

I use a loose set of symbols to informally prioritize items as they appear on the list, an asterisk, maybe a double asterisk for something really important.  Sometimes I use numbers to indicate sequencing priority, 1, 2, and so on.

I try to cross out items when I complete them or when I determine a task no longer needs to be done.

Then at the end of the day, I make a new list of any items that were not addressed today for the next morning.

I also use the Outlook To-Do List to schedule and set reminders for tasks with due dates for next week or next month.

There are many ways to manage to-do lists, how do you manage yours?