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Creating a TO-DO LIST. What, Why, and How. To receive credit please print and complete the last slide and submit it to your coordinator. WHAT??. A to-do list is a simple list of tasks that allows you to visually see what you need to accomplish It’s all in ONE place for easy reference!
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Creating a TO-DO LIST What, Why, and How To receive credit please print and complete the last slide and submit it to your coordinator.
WHAT?? • A to-do list is a simple list of tasks that allows you to visually see what you need to accomplish • It’s all in ONE place for easy reference! • Grows and shortens as you work through items • Posted in a common place so you don’t FORGET your tasks • ORGANIZATIONAL scheduling tool • Can be a “not-to-do” list
WHY?? • Reduce stress by prioritizing tasks • Remind yourself of what’s important and what needs to get done • It can be fun! • Playing with the list can help you think outside of the box for solutions
HOW?? • Write down what you need to for the upcoming week • Focus on why each task is important to you • Think about what rewards you expect after completing each task • List when each task needs to be completed • Cross off items and celebrate their completion!
Different Types of To-do Lists • Grocery List • After you have prioritized all of your tasks, write them all on one sheet of paper (numbered from most important to least important) • Post-it Notes • Write your tasks on different colored post-it notes with each color corresponding to the importance of the task
Different Types of To-do Lists (cont.) • Electronic To-do List • Certain cell phones, mp3 players, email address sites (like Yahoo or Comcast), and computers have electronic to-do lists that one can create • When you’re checking a text, listening to music, logging onto your computer, or reading your email, you can glance at your to-do list and make sure you are on point
Different Types of To-do Lists (cont.) • Day Planner/Personal Organizer • Buy a day planner to keep track of all the tasks you must accomplish week to week • Calendar • In an electronic or paper calendar, list all the tasks you must complete under the day which they must be completed by • Make sure you make this your “To-Do List Calendar” and keep a separate calendar for events, birthdays, etc.
Different Types of To-do Lists (cont.) • Notebook • Keep a notebook of what you have to do for the next week or month (one page for each day) • Review the page that corresponds to the current day when you wake up every morning
CREATE YOUR OWN! • Now that you know WHAT a to-do list is, WHY you should spend some of your valuable time making one, and HOW you go about writing one, it’s time for you to make your OWN!! • PLEASE FILL OUT THE CORRESPONDING WORKSHEET TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THIS WORKSHOP
When does each task need to be completed by? (Exact date and time) Task a. ______________________________________________ Task b. ______________________________________________ Task c. ______________________________________________ Student Name: Making Your Own To-do List List three tasks/things you need to accomplish within the next week. a. ________________________________________________ b. ________________________________________________ c. ________________________________________________ Give a reason why each task is important to you. Task a. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Task b. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Task c. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What reward do you expect after completing each task? Task a. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Task b. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Task c. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Of the different ways to create a to do list pick the one that will work best for you and give a reason why. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________