EP43: Getting Organized: Managing Your To-Do List

<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Getting Organized: Managing Your To-Do List </span></em></p> <p><strong><em>"Make one year, three year, and </em></strong><strong><em>five-year goals." </em></strong><strong>— Melissa Batchelor, Ph.D, RN, FNP, FAAN </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The New Year is almost upon us; this means it’s time to start out new and fresh and make some New Year's resolutions. One resolution that many people make is to get organized - to minimize the chaos in their work lives. In this episode, I’ll walk you through how I think about time and how you could apply it to managing your master, weekly, and daily to-do lists</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">(all while making it fun)</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">! </span></p> <p><strong>Steps To Getting Organized: Managing Your To-Do List</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When I was a doctoral student, I had to create professional development plans for several fellowships. This is a good idea because it helps you to get your thoughts organized by academic year. If you are also an academic or student,  you have to create a plan and usually by semesters for the academic year: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer. Or, if you are in the business world, you might think of time in quarters for business planning.</span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><strong>Annual + Semester Planning. <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Make one year, three years, and five-year goals and map out steps needed to get there. You will need to plan out the goals that you want to achieve on a daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly time frame - but also plan out the activities that you need to do. Be thinking ahead about the things you need to be doing a year in advance so that you’re ready when it's time to start the work to meet that goal. </span></strong></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><strong>Create a Master To-Do List.  <span style= "font-weight: 400;">I organize my Master To-Do List by project and category - as