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Turn Your Someday List Into Research Tasks To Avoid Clutter And Guilt

A “Someday” or “Someday/Maybe” list is a great place to keep all those tasks you want to consider for later. Unfortunately, this list can quickly fill up with goals you’ll never act on. The Unclutterer blog recommends four questions you should consider to clean up your list and make it achievable.


Send More Productive Emails By Focusing On Actionable Subject Lines

Email often turns into a deep pit of unanswered queries and unfinished tasks, and that’s partly due to vague and un-actionable subject lines. As author Jason Womack points out, when your recipient doesn’t know precisely what you want, you run the risk of ending up at the bottom of the pile.


Wunderlist Pro Brings Its New UI And Features To Android And Windows

Android/Windows: The last time we mentioned Wunderlist Pro, the service had launched new features that were only available via its web and iOS app. Now, the freshly overhauled UI is available on the Windows and Android apps, and if you’re a Pro subscriber, you get all of Wunderlist 2′s premium tools on any platform.


Contextinator Organises Your Web Browsing Into Manageable Projects

Chrome: If you’re researching a project online, or you tend to end up with hundreds of tabs open, it’s hard to keep track of everything. Contextinator is a Chrome app that helps manage those sessions by dividing them up into various projects.


Wunderlist Unveils New UI And Group Premium Tools

Wunderlist, one of our favourite to-do apps, took the wraps off of Wunderlist Pro today, aimed at helping groups stay organised. The new premium version is packed with collaboration tools, but if you’re an individual, free user, there’s a lot to love in today’s update as well.


Jump-Start Your Productivity With The ‘Path Of Highest Enjoyment’

Staring at a daunting list of tasks is tough. If that first task is just too unnerving to start, Lifehack.org recommends switching to a task that you find more enjoyable.


Only Use Due Dates For Tasks That Absolutely Need Them

Due dates are incredibly handy for big projects and small reminders, but they’re not necessary for everything. It’s a natural reaction to throw every due date you have into your calendar or task list, but podcaster and blogger David Sparks suggests you only use those due dates for tasks that absolutely need them.


Organise Tasks By Effort To Budget Time Better

Time management is one of the harder parts of productivity. A to-do list might show you what needs to get done, but figuring out how long you need to spend on each task is tough. A Harvard Business Review article recommends dividing your tasks into three categories based on effort.


Seeking Inspiration? Stop Looking And Start Doing

The word “inspiration” usually means something that mentally stimulates you. But “inspiration” also means to breathe in. The meanings poetically combine when you think of yourself breathing in thoughts, filling your body with ideas. But don’t forget to breathe out.


How To Diagnose What’s Making You Chronically Late

Do you find yourself apologising constantly because you’re chronically late? Do your friends not even bother to show up until at least 15 minutes after they told you to arrive, knowing they’ll still need to wait for you? Have you missed out on opportunities, had work rejected, or had to pay a great deal of money in ticket change fees because you just couldn’t arrive on time? Do you keep saying you want to break this bad habit but never really seem to change?


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