Does your seemingly unending to-do list at work, make you stagger and rather wish you could stay at home (effectively making it longer!) ? Have you had, at the end of a day, a feeling of unproductivity, although you have kept your nose to the grindstone through the day?
If you have answered in the affirmative to either or both of the questions, I should warn you my friend, of an illness gripping you this very moment as you read these very words - Being unorganized! Be it work or home, a sense of structure is essential for you to have a calm and relaxed day (or at the least, as relaxing as it can afford to get).
One of the most invaluable qualities at a workplace is a person’s capability to perform their respective tasks in its order of importance. This is truly of inestimable value. But how do you get to prioritizing your tasks, if you are not even sure of what they may be?
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Start early
Early, not as in early morning, but the previous night. Based on the work done at the end of the day, create a to-do list for things you would want to get done the next day, numbering them in their order of importance.
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Incorporate get-to-work changes
Review your to-do list as soon as you get to work in the morning (like most of the world) and incorporate changes from tasks that may have come up over the night or early in the morning.
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Stick to it through the day
Throughout the day, keep your to-do list at hand, and modify as necessary and as things come up.
I have been trying this out for the past few days, and I must tell you that the sense of direction and feeling of satisfaction as I tick an item off as done has been going down pretty well with me.
Look forward to more on Workplace fixes - Declutter and perform better!
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Link | April 22nd, 2008 at 12:27 pm