Having a to-do list when it comes to taking care of your tasks or working on certain projects is a great way to never lose track of what you have to do and how much time you have to spend working.
However, having a list containing all the tasks we need to take care of each day doesn't mean we're gonna be fully productive. It just means we have a way to remind ourselves of what we need to do.
Lately I started using a pretty simple method that could help you boost your productivity and even take care of your tasks a lot faster, this leaving you with a lot more time at your disposal to work on other things or to just relax.
The method is extremely simple and you can start implementing it into your to-do list today, and here it is: whenever you write down your tasks, make sure that you also write as many details as you can about how you'll actually work.
For example, on my to-do list, one of the tasks says "Write for and publish on Steemit". It's a basic way of reminding myself that I need to write for this website. How much, that's up to me, but it's usually twice a day.
But when I wake up in the morning and I look at that task, I just see what I need to do. I need to figure out how. I need to spend time thinking about what topics to approach, how long the articles should be and only then I can finally start writing.
All that takes a lot of energy and it can waste a lot of time. If it's one of those days when I don't have any inspiration, I can spend hours thinking about what to write and not be able to come up with anything decent.
The way I can avoid all this is by thinking about what I could write the day before, when I'm actually writing down the tasks. This way, instead of reminding myself that I need to publish on this website I can also add the titles of some articles I could write, like "Write for and publish on Steemit (article 1 title & article 2 title)
Doing this little thing can save you a lot of time every single day by allowing you to just work and not spend hours thinking about what to do. This simple method helped me be a lot more productive lately, especially when it comes to writing.
Because of that I always have my phone or an agenda with me and whenever I think of something interesting to approach in an article, I just write down the idea for later and I add it to my to-do list for the next day.
The method is really simple and it can boost your productivity by a lot. If you want to give it a try, then make sure this week you'll add some more details to all the tasks you need to take care of every day and see how many things you can accomplish and how long it takes you to finish your work.