Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

We rounded up some of our go-to to-do list tips, including making time-based goals, sorting tasks into categories, and ditching the list altogether. Share on Pinterest There’s nothing quite like the ...

This story was originally published on Jan. 4, 2023, and has been updated to include a rerun of the podcast episode. When I looked at my to-do list recently, I noticed that it was kind of all over the ...

Everybody loves a to-do list. It helps us feel organized and productive, right? But the truth is that if you write them the wrong way, they can actually be counter-productive. Have you ever gone to ...

Delete, strikethrough, checkmark, or the old-fashioned pencil on paper. You definitely know that feeling you get when you can cross an item off your never-ending to-do list. But that accomplishment ...

In the 1980s, Francesco Cirillo came up with the technique. Using a tomato-shaped kitchen timer, he'd study for 25 minutes ...