Planning the day only takes around five to ten minutes, but it leaves you feeling a lot more relaxed than you would if your had not planned the day because then your brain will not be reminding you of a work task at 11 pm when you are trying to enjoy time with your friends and family.
It also gives you a focus when you start the day and a list of ten tasks, which is not overwhelming.Until a few years ago, I always saw my task list as a list that needed to be completed every day.
The trouble with this approach is it does not consider new inputs that will inevitably come in each day. It is also impossible.
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