No matter how much effort you put into creating the perfect to-do list and being productive, the fact is that you also need to prioritize downtime and fun. You can schedule breaks using the Pomodoro Technique and prioritize your tasks based on how long they take and how much results they yield, but guess what? Some of those tasks can actually be eliminated, not based on dates, calculations, or how many you can do in the allotted time, but based on the fact that you simply don’t want to do them. Listen up: You should try KonMari-ing your to-do list, just like you do when you declutter your house.
10 Great Tips for Tidying Up with Marie Kondo
Everyone knows organizational guru Marie Kondo, whether it’s from her books or her popular show, which focus on “tidying up” your living space, but her KonMari methodology can be adapted and applied to other areas of your life. She even has a book on tidying up your workspace , but we need to think bigger. You need to tidy up your work, period.
At its most basic, Kondo’s cleaning advice calls for you to throw out all the items that don’t “spark joy.” Why limit this thinking to physical clutter? Your to-do list is cluttered too, with unnecessary and unsatisfying tasks.
To apply this organizational method to your responsibilities and tasks, you'll need to familiarize yourself with Kondo's six key principles:
