As part of a commitment to personal transparency I’m making my personal to-do list publicly and permanently accessible here.
You can read about the reasons why and the benefits at the blog post I did.
In order, the columns are: Completed; Priority; Expected Time; Action Point; and Deadline. Deadline defaults to being 7 days but can change.
Lower numbers mean higher priority, and they are assigned based on something that is important to me, which is integrity. You can read more about prioritisation at this blog post.
As a shorthand, the levels are these:
- not known, might be very very important, must sort
- “Send James the new slides they need” – actions that I have committed to and that a named person needs before they can do something, with a deadline.
- “Send James the book he asked for” – actions that I have committed to and that a named person needs before they can do something, but that don’t have a specific deadline.
- “Register for Saturday fun run”: actions that have a deadline and I have said I will do (to at least one person or in public), but only I care about.
- “Go running” Like 3, but without a hard deadline.
- “Make doctors appointment” actions I have promised myself, or I feel make me the person I like being
- “See if you can make a cup holder from wood” ‘play’ things.