The Only 3 Lists You Need

The more into lists you are, the more important this is. Simplify your life and only have three lists.

Are you unsatisfied with your current output and lack of time? You need Zero to Done, my system for Getting Things done, consistently.

Keep three and only three lists: a To-do List, a Watch List, and a Later List.

Here‘s what to have in each one:

1. To-do List All the stuff you "must" do - commitments, obligations, things that have to be done. A single list, possibly subcategorized by timeframe (today, this week, next week, next month)

2. Watch List All the stuff going on in your life that you have to follow up on, wait for someone else to get back to you on, remind yourself of in the future, or otherwise remember

3. Later List Everything else - everything you might want to do or will do when you have the time or wish you could do

If it doesn’t go on one of those three lists, it goes away.

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