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5 ways to stop hating your to-do list 🤭
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December 26, 2023 8:32 AM
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5 ways to stop hating your to-do list 🤭
The email provides tips on how to make to-do lists more manageable and enjoyable.
Trust us, we’ve been there too.
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This is why <a href="#" rel="noreferrer" style="color:#0067C7"><span style="color:#0067C7">5 Ways to Stop Hating Your To-Do List</span></a> may just be one of our favorite lists of all time…</p><span style="display:block; width:0px; height:8px; line-height:8px"> </span><p style="font-size:16px; line-height:26.4px; margin:0; font-family:Helvetica; font-style:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:0.16px; color:#232115">Here’s some advice from one to-do list skeptic to another:</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="display:block; width:100%; height:32px; line-height:32px"> </span><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="text-align:left"><tbody><tr><td><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="padding-bottom:8px"><tbody style="width:100%"><tr style="width:100%"><td class="" data-id="__react-email-column" style="vertical-align:top"></td><td class="" data-id="__react-email-column" style="vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:16px; line-height:22.4px; margin:0; font-family:Helvetica; font-style:normal; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:0.16px; color:#232115; text-align:left">🥱 Write Your To-Do List For Your Lazy Future Self</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="padding-bottom:0px"><tbody style="width:100%"><tr style="width:100%"><td class="" data-id="__react-email-column" style="vertical-align:top"></td><td class="" data-id="__react-email-column" style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:16px; line-height:26.4px; margin:0; font-family:Helvetica; font-style:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:0.16px; color:#232115">A good to-do list is specific and highly actionable. It’s way too easy for your brain to blissfully ignore a task like “read a book.” But with a task like “read 10 pages today,” excuses become much harder to invent.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="display:block; width:100%; height:32px; line-height:32px"> </span><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="text-align:left"><tbody><tr><td><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="padding-bottom:8px"><tbody style="width:100%"><tr style="width:100%"><td class="" data-id="__react-email-column" style="vertical-align:top"></td><td class="" data-id="__react-email-column" style="vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:16px; line-height:22.4px; margin:0; font-family:Helvetica; font-style:normal; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:0.16px; color:#232115; text-align:left">🎀 Tasks don’t have feelings – play favorites</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="padding-bottom:0px"><tbody style="width:100%"><tr style="width:100%"><td class="" data-id="__react-email-column" style="vertical-align:top"></td><td class="" data-id="__react-email-column" style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:16px; line-height:26.4px; margin:0; font-family:Helvetica; font-style:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:0.16px; color:#232115">A good to-do list also has a clear hierarchy. Start simple with the “musts” and the “maybes.” Separate your tasks by what absolutely must get done, and what could be squeezed in if you have the time and energy.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="display:block; width:100%; height:32px; line-height:32px"> </span><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="text-align:left"><tbody><tr><td><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="padding-bottom:8px"><tbody style="width:100%"><tr style="width:100%"><td class="" data-id="__react-email-column" style="vertical-align:top"></td><td class="" data-id="__react-email-column" style="vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:16px; line-height:22.4px; margin:0; font-family:Helvetica; font-style:normal; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:0.16px; color:#232115; text-align:left">🔀 You wrote it – you can change it</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="padding-bottom:0px"><tbody style="width:100%"><tr style="width:100%"><td class="" data-id="__react-email-column" style="vertical-align:top"></td><td class="" data-id="__react-email-column" style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:16px; line-height:26.4px; margin:0; font-family:Helvetica; font-style:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:0.16px; color:#232115">Every day is full of potential roadblocks. By giving yourself flexibility and grace to roll with the punches, you’re setting yourself up to maintain momentum no matter what the day throws at you.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="display:block; width:100%; height:32px; line-height:32px"> </span><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="text-align:left"><tbody><tr><td><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="padding-bottom:8px"><tbody style="width:100%"><tr style="width:100%"><td class="" data-id="__react-email-column" style="vertical-align:top"></td><td class="" data-id="__react-email-column" style="vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:16px; line-height:22.4px; margin:0; font-family:Helvetica; font-style:normal; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:0.16px; color:#232115; text-align:left">🏆 Treat your to-do list like a trophy</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="padding-bottom:0px"><tbody style="width:100%"><tr style="width:100%"><td class="" data-id="__react-email-column" style="vertical-align:top"></td><td class="" data-id="__react-email-column" style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:16px; line-height:26.4px; margin:0; font-family:Helvetica; font-style:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:0.16px; color:#232115">A conquered to-do list (even if it’s literally just one task) can set you on the path to success. More importantly, completing a task will give you a small excuse to celebrate yourself (with ✨pizazz✨, preferably).</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="display:block; width:100%; height:32px; line-height:32px"> </span><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td><a href="#" target="_blank" style="border-radius:10px; background-color:#DE483A; padding:12px 18px 12px 18px; color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-weight:700; line-height:100%; letter-spacing:0.16px; text-decoration:none; display:inline-block; max-width:100%"><span></span><span style="max-width:100%; display:inline-block; line-height:120%">Ready to give it another go? 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