There is something about writing it down (compared to typing it) that makes you feel more 'committed' to get things done it’s as though you are completing homework for your teacher to mark, or signing an important document, as opposed to typing in a comment box. With paper, you can actually think through the things you are supposed to do, register the level of importance and priority of each tasks, arrange, schedule and plan what you can do today and what you can do next Tuesday. With digital to-do lists, you just… list. This is where the good old analog way of doing things comes in handy. What happens to things that don’t get done the day you add it to the list? Does it get postponed? Forgotten? Archived? And are the things you add to your list feasible for your schedule? What about its level of priority? Not everything can be of the same level of priority (no matter what your boss says). Write it, do it, cross it out, chuck it - this ideal 'let’s do this!' process is harder to achieve than it looks. This idea works… but only if you complete everything you have put in that list. Recommended Reading: Manage notes and lists with Sublime Text Sync it in all your devices or share it with co-workers, your spouse, your friends and lo behold you are the King (or Queen) of Productivity. In the digital age, you can carry your to-do list in your phone and have them on you all the time. Productivity Tools: Do The Latter Really Work? The pitfalls of digital to-do lists Without the right mindset to work with, we won’t be able to tap into their full potential.īut let’s say you are the type of person who cannot image going without a to-do list app, my new question now is do you go digital or analog? We make them, but despite our best efforts, eventually we forget about them until a new year or a deadline approaches. Like New Year resolutions, to-do lists elicit the same sort of response from us.

We previously discussed the allure of productivity tools: do they actually work when it comes to increasing your personal productivity rates? You may have all the digital to-do list apps in the market, free or premium, or the note-taking apps that help you jot down things you are fearful of forgetting (and still forget anyways), but again, the question is, are you more productive from the use of these tools?

Daily to do list organizer