3 kinds of lists that work for me
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Master list
This is a place for a “brain dump”, a place for ideas you might want to pursue in the future or possible projects
You can work off one master list for months, like I do with business or blogging ideas.
I have a master list of things to do in the house which I’ve been working on since we moved in. Honestly, I think there will always be items on this list.
To-do list
This list can be monthly, weekly or daily.
The difference between this list and the master list is that this one has a time deadline to it.
I have a monthly to-do – I keep this one with broad goals like go to the gym 10 – 12 times – a weekly to-do with about 5 – 7 business tasks to get done and then my daily to-do which spreads out those 5 – 7 tasks so that I have only 1 or 2 to do daily.
I want to caution you to only put about 6 items on your daily to-do list so you don’t become overwhelmed!
Checklist
This is a place with a list of items which you check/ tick off.
Examples are my shopping and travel lists.
This list is ideal for anything you need to do regularly, like a list of weekly cleaning tasks, office supplies, routine business tasks, etc.
