Comments on: Your to-do list is a Ferris Wheel

By: Victoria Woollett

Victoria Woollett — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 20:33:28 +0000

I love Get to Work book products for this, project breakdown pad for all of the things, and today’s 3 things for centering my daily list.

By: Links I love – Modern Mrs Darcy

Links I love – Modern Mrs Darcy — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 13:30:05 +0000

[…] Your to-do list is a Ferris Wheel. I shared this analogy with Laura Vanderkam when she interviewed me for her ebook The New Corner Office. I’m glad it resonated with her! […]

By: Jennifer Robertson

Jennifer Robertson — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 18:37:26 +0000

In reply to Rachel S. This is fantastic!!!

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 16:55:44 +0000

In reply to Rachel S. @Rachel S - so glad you found the analogy useful! I really like it too!

By: Rachel S

Rachel S — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 16:41:40 +0000

I read this analogy in your new book, and I honestly feel like it is changing my life. I’m the type that tries to keep everything at the top at once. I really struggle with focusing on just 3-5 tasks/projects/goals/etc. I loved this analogy so much that I printed out an image of a Ferris wheel and wrote my current projects by the cars (are they cars?). All the other things I want to do that don’t fit on the Ferris wheel are in a list on the bottom (“in line for the ride”). I also wrote out my foundational habits I’m trying to establish/maintain on the “spokes” of the wheel. Things like exercise, leisure, Bible study, and quality time with my husband and kids. This reminds me that if I don’t take care of these things first, there’s no way the wheel can spin to support my other goals. Thank you a thousand times over to both and Anne for this incredible idea!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 03:20:43 +0000

I keep a master To-Do list which is sort of a brain dump that contains ALL the things I need/want/wish to do. My real, daily To-Do list is just what I can fit on a small Post-it…the regular daily things and then something pulled from the master list…or at least something to do to move forward one of the things on the master list.

By: Jennifer Robertson

Jennifer Robertson — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 00:46:34 +0000

In reply to Erin. Thanks Erin, great idea

By: Frenchbabyroutine

Frenchbabyroutine — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 20:52:02 +0000

Doing a to do list « brain dump » every Monday morning (all types: work, family, self etc). Then each task gets put in a slot in my calendar! Most efficient way I have found to actually get things done.

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 19:53:54 +0000

I agree with the first commenter (ordering the list helps) though there are times for me when the ordering does Not equal the priority! To the second comment, you may want to consider fitting in the “sometime” task between 2&3 for example. Don’t miss a COB deadline of course, but squeezing in 1 “sometime” task each day or week feels great and does make it feel like you are getting “more than” just what’s required accomplished.
By the time you finish the last must-do, you may not have the energy to start a “sometime“, so fit it in elsewhere 🙂

By: Jennifer Robertson

Jennifer Robertson — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 17:32:45 +0000

I struggle with what to do with all those items. I don’t have any problem making a daily realistic list, but what do I do with “everything else”? My “Someday” list becomes a “never” list because it’s so long, and somebody always wants something else from me. I may be having a bad day. lol

But I loved the insight from Anne in the book!