To Do list there is a lot of debate among productivity experts on to do lists. Some say they're awful. Some say they're great. I think most say it's all about how you use them. Personally, I do use to do lists. The whole key is two things.

Number one, you can't let the mundane crowd out the important. Number two, you've got to have specific timeframes and dates for each item, and you got to look at it. In the past, there have been times when I've spent all this time creating to do lists, but I didn't look at them. I felt like the sheer act of making it help. What's better than nothing. But there's a difference between long term goals medium term goals and a to do list.

To Do list should be broken down into highly specific things in degrees of importance with timeframes. I like to use my electronic electronically you might prefer paper or both. thing is figure out what works for you. Sometimes it's psychologically helpful to have it on a piece of paper and just to be able to scratch off and see at the end of the day, you've scratched off everything on your list if that makes you feel good, if that gives you a psychic reward, then do it by all means. Just make sure you have enough of the important things on that list that you're checking off and you're not just checking off mundane things like that. I checked the mail today.