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Dec 17, 2016

"Believe what your heart tells you when you ask, "does this spark joy?"" --Marie Kondo

How to Only Do Things You Actually Want to Do

"Can you remember the last time your to-do list was short enough to be, well, do-able? How about the last time you looked at your list and actually wanted to do everything on it?" Christine Carter, Senior Fellow at the Greater Good Science Center, started getting loads of requests for help managing too-long task lists. Recognizing that ineffective task lists make us feel like we have too much to do in too little time, leaving us overwhelmed, and therefore, worse at planning and managing our time, Carter shares some very practical and helpful tips to not merely organize, but to shorten your to-do list and feel more motivated to tackle it, all at once.

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Take a look at your to-do list and see if each item in it sparks joy. If not, see if you can delete, delegate, or transform it. For more tips on how to create effective task lists, read on: More ...



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