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Repeating tasks are helpful for building habits in your life. Today’s tip, shared by dtreusch, adds an interesting twist: using subtasks throughout the day to help cement the habit. I have some tasks that I want to remind myself to do multiple times per day and then I want
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Organizing your tasks can be a complicated balance: one way and you don’t have things in place, and the other way and things are incredibly fussy. This week’s tip comes from cek1227, who lays out a thorough way to organize your tasks around blocks of time with streamlined
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It’s possible to use priority for a variety of things but this week’s tip to track the current task and its progress, shared by john.turknett, is one of the simplest. I use the priority flag to sort my tasks as well as determine the current task I
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Journaling can be a great way to reflect on your day—week, month, and year too!—but as with anything it can feel daunting as well. This week’s tip, shared by quietmind, suggests a quick daily journal task alongside the rest of your tasks so you can keep a
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When moving house, there can be a lot to do—before, during, and after the move. This week’s tip, shared by mmoore100, suggests keeping separate lists to have everything ready to do right when you need it. For moving, I have MovePrep, a MoveActual, and MovePost lists. I also
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Packing lists are a great way to make sure you don’t forget anything on your travels. This week, we share a particularly neat way to generate those: evan.fredericks shares some Smart Lists for keeping a master list and then automatically generating packing lists for specific types of trips
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Having tasks ready to go can help when you’re keeping things moving during your day. In this week’s tip, dominic.spachmann shows a way to mark these – with a nice visual indicator too! I found this idea useful to get a short list of tasks to be picked
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Working with professional contacts requires a lot of hands-on work. In this week’s tip, henry.alpert shows how to make a straightforward CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system, making excellent use of Smart Lists and subtasks to keep one’s contacts and actions organized and streamlined. Remember The Milk
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Powering through the afternoon slump can be its own daily task, so perhaps geojono’s tip will put some proverbial wind in your proverbial sails: get a few quick things done to help encourage you to finish out the afternoon. Here’s something that’s helped me with my ever-
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Being organized is its own reward, right? However, being constructive at the same time is even better. 😄 In this week’s tip, johnfoland shares shares some, well, creative ways to use your daily organization for creative writing. Whether you’re writing a novel, a play, a stand-up special, or
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Running can be a straightforward exercise but training and racing can certainly become more involved! In this week’s tip, connieu suggests tracking everything beyond the “just lace up” maxim: from longer training runs to scheduled races and everything in between. I’ve decided to train for a half marathon
