What's Done is Done

What's Done is Done | Pontifications of a Professional Organizer

By Vanessa L. Epro, EPRO Organizing, LLC

Have you checked your "Done" list lately? I highly recommend this. Scroll through your past few weeks of "To Dos" and see what you crossed-off. These are your Dones.

Is this experience eye-opening? Do you see any trends? Are your Dones "wows" or "whys"? Do you feel like you've accomplished something big or nothing at all?

Now, look at your To Do List. What tasks will make you feel "wowed" if you see them as Dones when you look back at your list next week?

Tips:

Keep a To Do list.
Identify the tasks / projects that will give you the biggest ROE (Return on Energy) once completed.
Dissect your big ROE projects into smaller tasks and schedule them over time on your To Do list.
Prioritize your To Do list daily- ROE tasks on top.
Cross-off your Dones.
Review your Dones at the end of each week. Enjoy the WOW feeling. Bask in your accomplishment.
Don't worry about the To Dos that are rolling over to next week. Re-prioritize them (ROEs on top).

What's done is done. Go for the WOW!

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Comments: 2

Dani Nordin Jul 6, 2006, 2:18pm EDT

Great tip. I have endless to-do lists at times (one of the drawbacks of being somewhat of a workaholic); it's definitely a good idea to balance the ones that will make me feel the most productive. I'm still working out the best way to do the list - paper or on the computer.

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Vanessa Epro Jul 7, 2006, 10:08am EDT

I struggle too with the best To Do list to use. I find it depends on the work I'm doing. When I worked for a big firm I liked my pda because I could sync my meetings and To Dos and not bring my laptop home every night. When I worked for a smaller firm, paper was the only way to go. Right now (self-employed) I'm using both electronic and paper. I use my Outlook task list for big projects on the horizon and a PlannerPad for my weekly and daily To Dos. Every week I check my long-term project list in Outlook and break down the tasks I can do that week into my PlannerPad. My PlannerPad is my right hand- I love that I can see my weekly and daily goals on one page, and I have room to list work and personal To Dos.

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