Putting unorganized fuzzy tasks in your Todo List will demotivate you.
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Not clear how to do it. You can’t describe a thing on one line and put it on a list and do it. Because I don’t know how to do it.
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Not clear why you should do it. When you put things on the “to do” list, you get a sense of duty (obligation) like what you have to do.
A todo list is effective in situations where the things to do are clear but too numerous to remember. For example, writing what to buy on a shopping list is clear because the thing to do is “buy. Do not try to manage tasks that are not clear.
- Task Management must be preceded by [task organization
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