Fridays here. "To-Do Lists Don't Work"

This week, on "Fridays here" we have a productivity related topic. In the opinion of Daniel Markovitz To-do lists don't work and he enumerates 5 reasons:

1. the paradox of choice
2. heterogeneous complexity
3. heterogeneous priority
4. lack of context
5. lack of commitment devices

So, what is the alternative you might ask? Daniel says the alternative is:

"The alternative to the feckless to-do list is what I call “living in your calendar.” That means taking your tasks off the to-do list, estimating how much time each of them will consume, and transferring them to your calendar. (Don’t forget to leave time to process your email. And leave some empty space — one to two hours — each day to deal with the inevitable crises that will crop up.) In essence, you’re making a production plan for your work." 

You can find more of the articles here: http://blogs.hbr.org/2012/01/to-do-lists-dont-work/

My to-do list for this weekend:
nature walks,
rest and
make some lavender sachets to offer!

Have a lovely weekend!

 (photos:Maria Miranda)