Once I discovered that my To-do list had its own To-do list I knew I had to make some drastic changes! Here are some truths I discovered about my "time savers:"

• Being "active" doesn't necessarily mean I was productive. Starting and stopping projects, adding to my To-do list and having stacks of projects organized by urgency didn't always equate to getting it done. Just because I completed 10 of my 15 items on my list doesn't mean I completed them at 100% of my capacity. I'm much better served to do five of those items and do them at 100% rather than doing 10 and doing them at 50%. 
• I need to cut back on my gadget dependence. Constantly checking my phone for a blinking light that indicates I have an email, text, Facebook mention or phone message can be exhausting. Also, checking the gadget light makes me a slave to the gadget and distracts me from the work at hand. I'd written in a previous post on mindfulness that I have learned to step away from my computer at a decent hour -- before dinner time -- and not get back online until the following morning and not even then until I'd had my breakfast and enjoyed the newspaper. 
• Keeping a central To-do and even a running To-do list on a notebook by my computer has been working out best for me. It lets me see, at a glance, what I need to do that day, what I accomplished the day before and what the rest of my week looks like. 

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