Keep or Toss Your List…That is the Question.
Paula Rizzo
Best-Selling Author - Listful Thinking & Listful Living | Speaker | Media Trainer for Authors | Emmy-Award Winning Video/TV Producer | Productivity Expert | LinkedIn Learning Instructor
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It’s always so interesting for me to hear how other people manage their to-do lists.
For instance — I thought everyone kept their lists after crossing everything off — just like I do.
Apparently that’s not the case.
A lot of people toss their lists as soon as they’re done! So what should you do?
I Keep All My Lists!
I like to keep all my work to-dos in Steno pads and keep them in my desk.
Each night, I write a new list for the following day. I run through the next day in my head and list out every phone call, follow up email, meeting and task I need to take care of the next day. But even when I fill up the pad, I keep it in my desk…just in case.
Sometimes I have to refer back to a note I made on a page or remember what I was doing on a particular day.
I just like to have a record of my life. (Even if it’s a scratched out, doodled on version.) Apparently so does Karen Rizzo (no relation) — as she told her memoir, “Things to Bring, S#!t To Do” entirely in lists!
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Many People Toss Them
But there are some people who throw out their Post-its the second they accomplish whatever goal they set for themselves.
I guess this is a way of physically getting the task out of your way so you can clear your head and move onto the next task. Some people do this instead of crossing tasks off as they accomplish them.
Just like whether your lists are digital or handwritten, crossing off tasks or throwing them out is a personal choice. Either method works. It just depends on what works best for you!
How will you be crossing off your tasks this fall?
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