From the course: Building a Better To-Do List
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Using dates on a to-do list
From the course: Building a Better To-Do List
Using dates on a to-do list
- Have you ever crammed for an exam? Come on, we all have. I know I have. And when I've done it, it hasn't worked out so well, at least not over the long haul. That's because when you're cramming for an exam, you're not thinking about the things you need to do leading up to the date of the exam. You're just worrying about the due date. The same thing can happen with your to-do list. That's why you shouldn't worry about due dates. Instead, you should focus on the attention dates. Now, here's how this works. First, you need to mark your to-dos according to when you want them to have your attention, not when they're due. So let's use the exam as an example. When do you want to consider studying instead of the date of the exam? That's what you want to put on your to-do list, not the date of the exam. Second, if items on your to-do list need ongoing attention, then you need to make those items recurring tasks. So if…
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