Running your week from a calendar alone
If nothing has a time, nothing appears. Work that needs two hours of concentration never gets scheduled against meetings, so it happens late or not at all.
What matters here
- Meetings look like a full week
- Undated work is permanently invisible
- Free-looking days are often overcommitted
- No way to see what is outstanding
- Tasks with dates close the gap
The full-week illusion
A week of meetings reads as busy, and busy reads as full. What it hides is that no actual work is scheduled, so the work happens in the gaps and the gaps are smaller than the work.
What a task list adds
A list holds work before it has a time. It lets you see the total before you commit days to it, which is the only way to notice that this week cannot hold everything you agreed to.
Blocking, not duplicating
Put the important tasks into the calendar as blocks and keep the list as the source of truth. The calendar answers when, the list answers what.
Frequently asked questions
Keep reading
- How much does a note app cost?Note apps range from free to a monthly subscription, and the number matters less than what the paid tier actually unlocks.
- What is the difference between a Kanban board and a to do list?A to do list answers what is next. A Kanban board answers what state everything is in. They suit different questions and different sizes of work.
- How to write a good task titleA good task title starts with a verb, names the object and fits on one line. It should be understandable in six months with no context.
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