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I think your last point is key; taking time to think about it before adding something to the list. I'm the same when a deadline is approaching, I like to have a

I think your last point is key; taking time to think about it before adding something to the list. I'm the same when a deadline is approaching, I like to have a list of everything outstanding to meet the deadline so I can work through it without worrying I've missed something. The flip side for me is the long term todo lists which end up being more like bucket lists of things which 'ought to be done at some point'. I now have four buckets in Trello, 'bucket list', 'next 6 months', 'this month' and 'this week' for general ToDo's (as well as separate boards for individual projects) which mitigates lists like this to an extent as when I'm actually trying to get things done I can just look at the 'this week' bucket.

johnbellone 14y ago
Long term todo lists wouldn't work with me. In about a week I end up doing much more than what would have been on my long term list, and that boils down to the list never getting done and me getting frustrated at the process. But we definitely have something similar to your Trello bucket for 'future enhancements' or 'quick-wins' that we'd like to complete within the next 3-4 iterations, or 2-3 months, etc. Daily todo lists have always been a value to me, but I rarely have to actually write them down because of work order tickets or bugfixes semantically being the same thing (to me).
- talkingquickly 14y ago
  For none software tasks I keep looking for a way to make, for want of a better word, 'exponential' todo lists. So if something needs to be done in the next twelve months, it remains very high level in the to do list "arrange trip to America for example", and as the deadline gets closer, it becomes more granular. I've had some success doing this with the sub ToDo lists within Trello cards so as it moves from 12 months to 6 months to 1 month to this week it gets broken down into smaller pieces but it still doesn't feel quite right.
- JoeAltmaier 14y ago
  Try this? Triage the list; recopy it weekly, collecting notes from the previous week; write broad items at first and break them down as you go.

johnbellone 14y ago

Long term todo lists wouldn't work with me. In about a week I end up doing much more than what would have been on my long term list, and that boils down to the list never getting done and me getting frustrated at the process. But we definitely have something similar to your Trello bucket for 'future enhancements' or 'quick-wins' that we'd like to complete within the next 3-4 iterations, or 2-3 months, etc. Daily todo lists have always been a value to me, but I rarely have to actually write them down because of work order tickets or bugfixes semantically being the same thing (to me).

talkingquickly 14y ago
For none software tasks I keep looking for a way to make, for want of a better word, 'exponential' todo lists. So if something needs to be done in the next twelve months, it remains very high level in the to do list "arrange trip to America for example", and as the deadline gets closer, it becomes more granular. I've had some success doing this with the sub ToDo lists within Trello cards so as it moves from 12 months to 6 months to 1 month to this week it gets broken down into smaller pieces but it still doesn't feel quite right.
JoeAltmaier 14y ago
Try this? Triage the list; recopy it weekly, collecting notes from the previous week; write broad items at first and break them down as you go.