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How I Create My To-Do List in 3 Easy Steps

I’m obsessed with creating lists. I make them for groceries, things I need to buy and most importantly, for tasks I want to complete. The following is the step-by-step process that I follow in order to tackle all of these tasks.

Step 1: Brain Dump

I already have a million things on my mind, so I don’t want to also have to remember things like we need more milk or my daughter's dentist appointment etc. So what I do is, I have a space to dump all of these reminders and tasks. I won’t be getting into the exact details of where and how I organize all of this in this post, but it will be clearly explained in my Clear the Clutter Membership.

By doing this you will feel less stressed and have a clearer mind because you no longer have to remember all of these details. Anytime you need a reminder, you simply look wherever you created your brain dump.

Step 2: Prioritize

It’s very easy for us to gravitate towards the easier tasks first and avoid the difficult ones. And it’s true that doing this might help get us motivated and build momentum, but if they’re not very important tasks, we won’t see much progress. So what I like to do next is prioritize the tasks that are the most urgent and most important. If there’s a task that’s urgent or has an upcoming deadline, it obviously needs to be addressed first. As for all other tasks, I’ll do the ones that will have the greatest impact first.

For example, a little while ago I had too much on my plate and realized that if I wanted to be more effective, I had to prioritize different things. In this video, I explained why I had decided to take a break from YouTube:

In his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey explains in detail how to determine what’s a priority and shares a strategy using quadrants to help you organize your tasks. I found this book to be very helpful and I recommend that you read or listen to it.

Step 3: Schedule Top 3

The final step is to actually schedule a time for these tasks to get accomplished. I don’t just get to them whenever I have time. If they are actually important tasks, I have to block off time for them to get done, or they’ll never get done. I also only schedule three major tasks per day. I'll probably get more than three things done throughout the day, but every morning, I figure out what my top three priorities are. 

Following these 3 steps will help you stay organized and accomplish a lot more. It may seem like a waste of time to go through this process, but you will quickly see the benefits if you decide to try it out.

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