BEST To-Do List Organization: Becky's List-making Method 

I found this refreshingly simple and likely to be effective for others. Thank you for sharing!

I love your list style! I usually do it by day so I spend a lot of time rewriting unfinished tasks on other days. This system is simple and looks like it will help me better. Thank you!

Made perfect sense the simplicity is awesome. Thanks. I was kinda afraid to watch because let's face it now don't everyone yell at me some list makers can get very serious and complicated. Great job btw 😊. This was a walk in the park

This is somewhat like "bullet journaling" but this is much easier because a lot of people use symbols with their bullet journaling and that is just way more work I think. Thanks for sharing Becky! PS...I agree about crossing off items you've done with the thick sharpie....there is something great about crossing off items to make you feel like you've got something accomplished!!!

Oh my goodness! This is the best method I have seen! So simple and easy to maintain. Thank you for sharing and I’ll be using this method from now on!

Omg ! This was sooo helpful ! I’ve been looking and trying all types of ways to remember and take track ... but I like this the most ! Thank you so much ! 🙌🏻

Thanks for sharing Becky. I tend to keep sort lists but I like the idea of being able to see the big picture and then moving the left over tasks into a new list. Very inspiring :)

Thank you Becky!

I use the exact same pen. Fine point is a must for me, too. I also use the sharpie and some type of highlighter as well. I am addicted to marking things off my "To Do" list, sense of accomplishment. I need to try your technique.

Great Idea just plain simple nothing fancy. Thank You for sharing.

Great tips Becky! I love how visual your sharpie and highlighting is.

Absolutely love this and I understand it. So I'm going to try your way.

Simple concept but I love it! The highlighter and check boxes are going to be so helpful..never thought of thar. Thank you!

I've always left all the pages in my book. Some weird thing in my brain that makes me think I'll ever look at them again or something. Not that I've ever done that - not even once. I like the idea of just ripping it out and moving forward. Less visual clutter and a "fresh start" on a new task list.

Thanks for sharing! Happy New Year!

That made perfect sense, fantastic. I'm going to do that. Getting me motivated. Thanks.

This is exactly the method that works for me! I've tried so many planner types but I always come back to this simple checklist. The only thing I do differently is I list day-specific appointments at the very top of the page.

Great idea!!! Thank you for sharing 😀

This actually is a good idea! Might give it a try for my daily todos. Thank you for the video!

Thanks! This is so simple and so efective. I´ll try it.

I have tried so many planners and have wondered what was wrong with me as none of them worked. I felt like I was going around in circles. Your list works and thanks so much for sharing.

This is great technique, thank you for sharing!

Great minds think alike!! I use the SAME method you do!!! Except I keep mine in my planner. Literally, the highlighting technique was a HUGE game changer for me. I also highlight things I need to do or important points when I am making notes in meetings and I also transfer those to my 'to do' list. SO much easier than trying to go through ALL of my notes all at once.

This is an amazing idea I'll do it because I do big to do list but I didn't finish it

This was so simple and effective! I'm going to give this a go. Thank you

Thank you this was so helpful!

This is so great and thought provoking. Maybe one day I can get to a place where I'm ready and able to do something this organized and useful

I absolutely love your list

I really like how you use the highlighter to mark today’s must do items. :)

That was awesome, thanks

Well done. Thank you!

Simple and elegant. Thank you for sharing, Becky!

THANK YOU for this video !!!

May have commented before as remember seeing this video. I have a very similar way of doing my to do list but added the black sharpie after watching your video. I add the tick in the box as that just feels good :). Great video, thanks.

love it! TFS.

Thank you for sharing. :) I do the same thing for work on the right-hand side of the page and use the left-hand side of the page to use for meeting notes.

Great ideas. I use small notebooks for notes too and I use several throughout the year. I started using erasable pens and they've become my staple. I love your idea of personal notes on the bottom of the list vs work related. Very helpful tips.

Great tip!!! Thank you!!!

You have the best list hands down.

That pentel pen in my favorite pen ever! I make list's ever single day for work and home and I have to have that pen lol! When I do my grocery shopping I usually go to three different stores, so when I write my list I use three different color highlighter to highlight what I need at each store so everything Walmart will be highlighted in blue, everything from the actual grocery store would be in pink and so on! I basically do the same thing with rewriting my list I call it my rough draft and my final draft lol some people make fun of me but I love it and it gives me peace of mind!

Love it.

It definitely got my wheels turning. Subscribed.

Brilliant, tysm 💖

love the ideas! they seem so obvious, yet i had never considered bold crossing...! lol... i usually have two different sheets for family and work-related to do's. seems cleaner to my virgo brain. and now i shall run to the store for some black bold tipped pen.

Great tips

Brilliant I’m doing this 👍 thanks 🙏

Hi, this is a great method. Think it would help so many who get overwhelmed looking at long lists. By highlighting it gets narrowed down.Interested to maybe see how you do goals and planning. Cheers

Becky with the good hair

This is a great system!

That is a great idea. I use my phone for lists too.

Thanks for sharing. Will you do a video on how you take notes?

Cool method!

i like this . thank u

Hi, thanks for you video

Cool, I understood what you said, and I can't wait to try it out tomorrow!🎉❤ What do you do with the notebook you used up with to-do lists? 🤔 I wouldn't know what to do with them.

thank you

Hi Becky! This video was very helpful. Thank you! I don't see where you said what kind of notepads you order. Would love to know! Thanks!

Interesting method. TFS! For those who want to keep & read your done tasks-- you don't have to use a thick Sharpie. You can use a regular or micro tip pen so it doesn't completely cover the writing. You can also alter the method slightly: -- Instead of highlighting the whole line, put a circle or box using HLer at the BEGINNING of the line to designate priority. -- Check or cross off on top of HLer mark when task is completed. This will help w the aesthetics if you're concerned w the cluttered look of your pages once you strike the items out. -- save pages if desired. This method is kinda similar to the AutoFocus method created by Mark Forster. There are a couple of vids on YT showing the method. For more info google him & his site.

Great.

Omg i been doing same thing for years!

Those tiny boxes can be put to good use; of those highlighted in yellow are the most important one's on the list. But which one is more important (has to be done first?). That's where the tiny boxes come into play. You put a 1 in the tiny box that has to be done first, and a 2 on the 2nd most important task and so on...but you do this only on the highlighted tasks.

J'adore ce système, il est simple et efficace. Ca fait longtemps que je cherche une façon simple et je crois avoir trouvé la bonne. En fait surtout celle qui fonctionne pour moi. . C'est visuel et en rayant la tâche, elle ne vient plus faire d'interférence et en surlignant on a un nouvel objectif. Moi c'est pas plus de 3 tâches surligner à la fois.

It's similar to what I do but I have more detail which I'm going to get rid of since watching your video. Simple is best :).

I have Todoist and Evernote and we can't argue the advantage of the numeric world compared to the analog one but there is absolutely no substitute in the numeric world for the physical connection we have when writing with pen and paper. Ok, you can use a Remarkable device where the feeling is near the one with a real pen but this device costs a lot of money. I love your approach because it's simple in one way but in another, it's perfect for the vast majority of things to do. I don't think it's good for recurring tasks or tasks that should be done at a specific date or time because there is no substitute in the analog world of a phone remembering me to do something. But for the focus, reflective and intentional aspect, your method is perfect in its simplicity.

Thank you! That'll help ! (Y)

I like the list but I use the Penni red,black and blue color

Awesome this one is best one how you mark when done that I searching and found your video.

I am absolutely loving the simplicity of your technique but kindly explain why you need to have the list moving upwards? Also what do you do with tasks that need to be done every day such as cleaning, kids lunches etc.?

it's really nice, but one caveat. I was to be able to review what I've done this past week, or this past month. The best wayt to do that is to look over old to-do lists. But if you scratch them out completely, they are not readable.

Can you give me the rationale for throwing away the old sheets? Neatness? I guess I like seeing the crossed-off items; makes me feel like I've accomplished something. I find I have several notebooks going at one time. Time to consolidate!

Got it, mark the yellow

Ooh that makes so much sense, but I'd use the check-boxes rather than the Sharpie.

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have you tried taskade.com .? any advice?

Thank you so much for sharing - love lists: they keep me on track!

Can someone please, please tell me how you use it in conjunction with a planner. Do you use a planner along with this and have two different books you're carrying around or do you just use a list only? I'm just wondering because it's enough to just use one book but then when I have to remember to look in two it just seems like a lot of trouble so I'd like your input as to how this works.

I use my iPhone lists since I always have it with me. Any particular App you use?

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Nothing like good ol' pen and paper. It's all about the methodology and the mindset, then comes the tools. As for online tools, we did some research at Zenkit and we'd love to have your opinion: zenkit.com/en/blog/can-an-online-to-do-list-really-make-you-productive/

What is with the focus going in and out so much?

Ok but feels like when I read the headline like Becky Lynch chanel

I don't like crude yellow. Permission to use lavender?😂😂😂😂

Meh.

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