To-Do List

It’s been a busy week. When things pile up, and I need to stay organized, I ditch the digital organization and go back to paper: the 1-page To-Do List.  Just write down what needs to get done, and do it.

Nothing can top the feeling of physicall crossing something off the list.  Scratch it off and voila!  Next, please!

And nothing is more frustrating–motivating?–of that one, uncrossed item staring you back in the face:  I’m still here! (Sometimes that item deserves a circle, as pictured above)

Usually, the uncrossed and circled items are the hardest to do–which is why we’ve left them there, picking the lowest hanging fruit from our list.  If I’m feeling up for it, I start with the hardest tasks first, knowing once they’re done, it’s all down hill from there.

How do you stay organized?