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Hate Your To-Do List? Try A Rolling List Instead
- pacomerh 14y agoA Rolling list is good for long term planning, what you need to get things done is to write down only one main task per day, do that and the rest will come automatically. And stop using complex software for to-do lists.
- nixle 14y agoI totally agree. The biggest mistake I used to make when stuff got complex was trying to get back "control" by "normalizing all the tasks": writing stuff down way ahead of time etc. I now do one task at a time, take a short break, then the next task.
- nato1138 14y agochizzl.com is a rolling todo list piece of software, and it was conceived if for no other reason than to address the problem that a notepad won't meet the needs of prioritizing. Priority to tasks is a ever-constant part of a good todo list and re-ordering what the next important task via pen and paper really can't be done very efficiently. I'm happy to say that chizzl.com is dead-simple, so perhaps it's a decent middle-way solution!?
- chimeracoder 14y agoThe biggest problem with most to-do lists, I find, is that there's a tendency to write down goals instead of tasks. Tasks are simply actions that you do in order to reach your goals. Writing down goals is important, but they should be kept separately. The problem with writing down your goals in your to-do list is that you then see items like this: * Plan fundraiser and * Fix bug that occasionally crashes server randomly instead of * Call restaurant to confirm date and rates * Select menu items for caterer * Write donation tax receipt for Mr. Smith's donation and * Find the bug (probably some problem with the new database sharding) * Write unit test for the fix * Fix bug * Write description of patch and submit to code review The second one may be a bit overkill, but you get the idea. In my experience, 90% of to-do list problems can be solved by making the items actionable as opposed to simply reminders of one's goals.
- driverdan 14y agoI don't get it. How is this different than any other todo list? Who doesn't sort their todo list by some type of priority / due date? Give it a cutesy name doesn't make it new or better.
- prezjordan 14y agoSeems like it was written by a requirements engineer.
- nato1138 14y agoI think perhaps what is novel is having _only_ the next important things up front and center. The rolling todo list was a new term for me. Our start-up chizzl.com offers almost exactly this rolling todo list. I offer anyone to try it out who thinks this type of todo list could work.
- moggie 14y agoThis sounds like something along the lines of Getting Things Done, a to-do system where goals are broken down into actionable tasks that can be re-arranged as needed.