Sort Out Your Life with a To-Do Listpositivetranceformations.com.au

There is something so very satisfying about crossing a task

off your To Do list.

If you don’t write yourself any other handy lists, this is a very good

place to start.

If your To Do list is very long, then you might need to examine your life a bit. Do you really need to get all

those things done in one day?

Or can some of them be left off, delayed slightly or delegated?

Perhaps it’s time for you to be more realistic in your expectations for yourself and possibly say no to a

few requests.

Don’t beat yourself up and tell yourself you’re a failure just

because you’re not Superman or Superwoman and can’t get

everything in a massive list done within a 24 hour period.

Even if you could get it all done, you won’t be able to sustain that

sort of pressure for long – burnout and/or depression are likely results of this sort of over-achievement.

The Greeks have a proverb that says that if you try to do more than three major tasks in one day, the

gods will kick you. It’s good advice!

But there’s more to making lists than just To Do lists.

Another very good list that will help you beat stress and make you feel better about yourself is a gratitude

list.

This sort of list will help you get some perspective on life and help

you realise that you’ve got plenty to be happy about.

You can write one big gratitude list in a single session where you try to

list, say, 50 things that you’re grateful for.

Another possibility is to have a gratitude list as a form of journal, where you write down a minimum of six things that you’ve enjoyed that day or you’re grateful for.

These can be simple things, such as “sunny weather” or “great cup of

coffee for morning tea” or more significant things like “manage to close the deal with that important

client”.

Gratitude lists are especially helpful if you feel the years creeping up on you and you start hankering to be a

teenager again:

make a list of all the reasons why the age you are is better than

being a teenager (come on, you don’t really want to go back to the days of school uniforms, exams

and acne, do you?).

Gratitude lists look back, but other lists look forward.

Make a list of your goals. These can be from any area of life, such as career, family, travel or health.

Don’t censor yourself – nobody’s going to see this list except you!

Live your life to the fullest. Beat the stress and sort out your life with a

smart to-do list.

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