Being productive is just not about completing your tasks but also finishing them within the deadlines and prioritizing your work accordingly so that no task has to get hampered. Deadlines play a major role in spite of work or study. Whether you are a student, graduate, freelancer, homemaker, businessman, service person each and every department has to complete their work within the time framework it has been assigned and that can be possible once you start making a ‘TO-DO LIST’.

In a single day each one has to get hundreds of things done and other than that a lot of things just keep running in our mind and sometimes due to all this a lot of mess is created and not a single work gets concluded or with complete efficiency. For being efficient in our work our mind should be relaxed and free from all the worries. One of the best solutions for this problem is, we should start making our to-do list whether on paper or using any software which will make us satisfied and also more productive as we will be able to align our projects accordingly. 

Making a plan leads to a successful and fruitful day which will save you from cribbing for the rest of the day or a week. Organizing your daily or weekly tasks with a list can make everything more manageable. 

Once you start making the list and following, further there will be no destructions in the company among the team members, as each work will be properly aligned, discussed on time, and completed within the whole time frame allotted to that specific project. Individuals will also start getting stimulated and will be very much eager to acquire and conclude more projects which will lead to the betterment of both the employees and company as well.

Benefits of Making To-Do List:

1. Brings Structure to the day
2. Multiple sheets
3. A sense of accomplishment
4. Productivity increases
5. Reduces Anxiety
6. Prioritization
7. Time Management
8. Mental Peace

Making a to-do list and following it, is not a complicated practice, in fact, once you start making it you will wonder how easily all your work is completed without any delay or nuisance. You can follow the making process shared here below:

• Making a List of all the tasks

Write down all the content with a free mind so that no important point is missed and also which all serves a bigger purpose. You can also add the sentence explaining the value of that task for a better level of prioritizing the things further.

• Transfer less valuable tasks to other sheets

There are millions of things that will keep on popping into your head and you will keep on adding them into the list but again we are talking about the valuable things. It will help you to create a more manageable and skimmable list which will help you in reducing stress.  

• Create a list for a day or whole week

Depending on the size and deadline of the task you should start prioritizing the list. You will be able to accomplish your goals faster.

1. Set the reminder 

Once you are done with highlighting your tasks and their deadlines, next you have to set a reminder for them so that they just keep on highlighting till the time they are completed. 

• Check-List

When you will complete your work, you can tick off that task which will make you motivated and can feel a sense of success. 

We can easily make our to-do list on some sticky notes or notebook but if everything is getting automated then why not just take the help of those software or applications which will be very much feasible for us with unique features. As all the things are converted into technology the same is with the various types of reminders. 

Check some of the following applications for making a to-do list as per your convenience, which will make your mind free from all the crap, and don’t have to worry about skipping anything.

• PROOFHUB

It is a project management software that helps in gathering all the thoughts and ideas for any industry size in one place. You can acquire all the features in a single location and it does not charge a per-user fee. 

• BIT.AI

Bit is simple to be used by an individual and also for collaboration and documentation tools for teams. It consists of anti-distraction tools for improving the focus of consumers and is also free of cost.

• GOOGLE TASKS

Google tasks that are free of cost are completely integrated with other services by Google such as Gmail, Google calendar, and others. It has a special feature that drags all the mails to the Google Tasks and schedules them accordingly.

• EVERNOTE

Whether it is personal matters or any big projects you can manage them easily with Evernote consisting of multiple third-party application integrations, backup for the plans, and storing business cards as well.

•  WUNDRELIST

Simple to use and you can share different lists with different people and can get alert as times are changed.

There are millions of applications for making your list. All these applications can be used for making a list for any purpose whether it is your monthly expense, savings, groceries, projects, calls, etc. It completely depends upon the requirement of the features you want to acquire. Technology has made your work very easy and feasible, they provide you the remainders but in the end, it counts on your awareness and dedication of using their features and completing the work within time with the help of creating lists.

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