Simply reframing your list from a “to-do” to a “get-to” helps your brain do a complete 180. “I have to present our quarterly review to management.” ...

Author of Listful Living: A List-Making Journey to a Less Stressed You, Paula Rizzo insists that there’s a formula for creating the perfect to-do list.

You can even break an already-small to-do into microtasks: log onto computer, open Gmail, open email from co-worker, etc. Maybe a dozen micro to-dos make up your entire list if that’s what gets ...

Before you get started, do a little soul-searching so you can compile your list in the best format possible for Y-O-U. “The first step in creating a to-do list is deciding where you want to keep it.

Senior Manager Rose Aka-James sets a time she will aim to have each task on her list completed. For example, she may try to complete the first task on her list by 9 a.m. and the second task by 2 p.m.

For example, I want to retile my kitchen floor. Burkeman says that's not a to-do list item because there are too many steps packed into one big goal.