No matter what field you are
working in, at some point of time we all use the concept of the To Do List.
This is something that people at times use not only in their professional life
but also in their personal life. It indeed is a very effective method to keep
an eye on all the tasks at once and to ensure that we do not miss on anything.
Though I am not really into such kind of planning etc. but ever since I have been
into the working force I have had to start using it and I have to admit that it
really does helps to complete the tasks in time.
I have been using the To Do lists
in diary rather than any electronic form because I was more comfortable with
it. Also, some people who had tried the electronic forms of To Dos recommended
that the hard copy format is effective. Nevertheless, you will find that people
preferring the electronic form are more than that of the hard copy. I
personally believe that writing by hand has its own aura and conjuration.
Anyways, I then started off with
the electronic mediums for the To Do lists. Now, there were ample numbers of
options available, which one to choose? After some basic search around I
started off with Evernote and Wunderlist. Initially, you may take some time in
being familiar with them and being habitual to them but slowly and gradually it
becomes an important component for your day to day activities and also to plan
the week or month well in advance.
Evernote is an amazing tool for
taking all your notes, web pages you like, images etc in one place and has
amazing methods to categorize data and retrieve as and when needed with the
help of Tags, Notebooks (and similar jargons) etc. So, this is something you
can use for long term thing.
For day to day, Wunderlist is an awesome tool or actually not Wunderlist but Wunderlist 2. It has a very neat interface and is very simple to use with the options of creating different lists for different tasks, adding notes to individual tasks, marking them crossed when done, setting up reminders etc.
So, you can use Wunderlist for short term planning and Evernote for long term planning & single point repository for notes, content and data you would like to visit time and again.
To add on to that, you can use both of these on your cellphones as they have their apps available.
Amazing tools they surely are but
every now and then I also use my diary, not sure if any electronic tool would
be capable enough to make me switch entirely to the electronic form!
Do try them and happy planning.
Find them here:
- Evernote: https://evernote.com/
- Wunderlist-2: http://www.6wunderkinder.com/wunderlist
