To-Do List Formula: A Stress-Free Guide To Creating To-Do Lists That Work!

by Damon Zahariades

Second, you’ll have too many options. This will impair your decision-making ability. Presented with a long list of choices, you’re more likely to become paralyzed with indecision than you are to take action. Third, your list will have too much variability. Three-minute tasks will be listed next to three-hour tasks. Low-priority tasks will be listed next to high-priority tasks. You’ll end up spending time on items that don’t warrant your immediate attention. There are other problems with the “massive, all-inclusive” list approach to task management. But at this point, you get the idea. This strategy leaves a lot to be desired. It’s worth pointing out that doing a brain dump is an important step toward creating an effective to-do list. But it’s a first step. After you’ve written down all of the tasks you can think of, you need to organize them according to their importance, priority, context, and other elements.