Weekly and monthly paper-based calendars offer limited space for entering multiple items, compelling the user to either leave off many otherwise doable tasks, or describe agendas in general terms that require further thinking to make them actionable.Ī well-formed task list gives enough detail to get started immediately rather than just suggest a general course of action, which is usually an outcome disguised as an action: “Get refund” is an outcome “Call customer service” is an action. The iPhone has a calendar, but no native to do list application the same applies to Android phones.īut calendars are clumsy as to do lists. Walk into any office supply store and look at its selection of day planners, and you’ll probably see most pages devoted to calendar entries, and one page per week devoted to tasks. You can use a clock as a timer, but it’s not the best tool for the job.īy far, calendars are the most popular way to manage tasks. Calendars and lists are related, but serve different purposes, not unlike clocks and timers. If the choice is mutually exclusive, I think they’re both wrong. Other gurus claim that putting everything on a list, where items aren’t tied to a time and date, ensures that they never get done, since they lack specific queues to get started or deadlines to finish. How do you plan and track your daily activities, with a calendar or a to do list? Some productivity gurus claim that putting everything on your calendar ensures that it never gets done, or that you’ll cross off what you don’t get done and just reschedule it for the next day - which defeats the purpose of scheduling.
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