6 lists to help you be more productive and happier

Lists of various kinds are designed to help us organize ourselves, organize our daily routines, become more efficient, and form goals. Tasks seem easier when information is presented as a list or checklist and is in front of you in an organized way.

We’ve put together six lists to help you get self-organized.

List of Important Deadlines

This list is essential for anyone who makes any kind of time commitment: to return a friend’s borrowed item on time, to keep up with a loan payment, or to renew a fitness club membership. By putting it all on a list and keeping it in front of your eyes, you can form the habit of being punctual not only in fulfilling promises, but also in meeting deadlines.

As soon as you feel like rewarding or pleasing yourself – choose something from the list, you can do it in random order. We recommend looking at it every day!

To Do List

An under-appreciated but important part of any process is accepting the outcome. Often we set ourselves a variety of tasks, but once we complete them, we let them go and forget. We advise sending completed tasks to a separate checklist, so you can see how much you actually do and be filled with motivation from yourself.

Such a list is useful to reread at times when your faith in yourself is dulled and you need to find new strength for further accomplishments.

Small to-do list

Buying a new tube of toothpaste because the old one is about to run out, or picking up options for an upcoming vacation – such tasks can significantly clutter your task planner, but remain unfulfilled for a long time. That’s why we recommend moving these tasks to a separate list.

Replenishing it is a matter of habit, but the benefits of such a list are enormous: as soon as you have free time for small minor tasks, you always know where to look.

A list of questions to ask yourself

Collect interesting questions that you’d like to ponder at your leisure. Most often these come up when watching movies or interviewing interesting people. But it is important not only to collect all these questions in one place, but also to answer them honestly. This will help you better understand yourself and your values. You can start with the simple and popular “What is strength?”