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Your Productivity – Nifty To-Do List Trick

Your Productivity – Nifty To-Do List Trick

Posted on19. Jun, 2010 by ErnieB.

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I try to accomplish a few tasks each day that are for my internet marketing ventures. I find myself forgetting most days what I wanted to accomplish until its too late in the day. This can either be from being distracted throughout the day with other things or just plain being forgetful. Its funny how once you get on the internet how fast you attention span goes from one thing to the next! lol.

I recently came across a post in a forum I frequent by a gentleman named Mohsin Rasool. He went on to detail a nifty little productivity trick using a to-do list. Basically you create a list or reminder in notepad and set it up so everytime you start up/log onto your computer, that file opens up. Now I will be reminded of things I need to get done BEFORE I get distracted with the internet.

Here’s how you do it:

  • Create a reminder or to-do list in notepad and save the file, naming it “Today” or “Reminder” or “To-Do List” or something like that.
  • Now go to where ever you saved the file to and right-click on it. Next select to “Send To” and select “Desktop”. This creates a shortcut on your desktop to that text file.
  • The final step is to drag and drop that shortcut you just created to your “StartUp” folder. To find your “Start Up” folder in Vista or Windows 7, click on the “Start” button and then select “All Programs”. Now simply scroll down to the “Startup” folder and click it to open it up. If your using Windows XP you can find the folder by directing yourself to this location: C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup ( replace %USERNAME% with the username your logged into your computer with )

Once you got that shortcut moved to the startup folder just “x” out of it and your done. The next time you log onto your computer it will pop up your “To-Do List” file. Make sure you keep the original file in the same location as the shortcut points to it there and if you delete or move it then it wont be able to find it and you will have to create a new shortcut for the files new location.

Pretty nifty little trick I think. Just make sure to edit the file as you complete tasks and add new tasks as you see fit. This will remind you of things you need to get done and hopefully get you to work on them before being sidetracked with other things.

Enjoy!

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