To Do or Not To Do, That Is the Question

All you middle graders out there are probably waaaay too busy doing things than reading articles about To Do lists, right? That's why Mizz C. read a great Wall Street Journal article for you and squeezed it down to this: 

• Have a To Do list. 

• Keep your To Do list short and specific. (Example: "Clean top of desk," not "Be neater.")

• Only list small tasks you can finish soon. (Example: "Practice guitar chords 5 minutes before dinner," not "Become rock star when I grow up.") 

• Write down how long you think your task will take.

That’s the nut of To Do lists according to the Wall Street Journal. You may stop reading now. Or go on and see how long Mizz C. can blab some more about To Do lists, a subject she loves almost as much as accordion folders. 


It doesn’t matter if you write your To Do list on the palm of your hand, the back of an envelope, or on a fogged-up bathroom mirror. Just have one. 

Mizz C. uses the nice yellow digital Sticky widget on her computer for her To Do list. (Who invented thee, Sticky widget for the Mac and Windows? I love thee and want to send thee brownies.) Mizz C. also carries around a small note pad in case she gets one of her  blog ideas while she's in the middle of the woods. When she gets home, she adds it to her Sticky To Do list.

Now Mizz C. is about to do one of her fav, fav, favorite things. She’s going to go to her Stickies To Do list and zap: “Write blog about To Do lists, 1hr.” Done!