{"id":31261,"date":"2020-07-22T10:01:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T10:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/smaller-things-that-take-five-minutes-and-just-need-to-be-done-do-you-put-them-on-the-to-do-list-or-just-do-them\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T15:57:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T15:57:16","slug":"smaller-things-that-take-five-minutes-and-just-need-to-be-done-do-you-put-them-on-the-to-do-list-or-just-do-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/smaller-things-that-take-five-minutes-and-just-need-to-be-done-do-you-put-them-on-the-to-do-list-or-just-do-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Smaller things that take five minutes and just need to be done&#8230; Do you put them on the to do list or just do them?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Nolan Q.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I put them on my to do list. I always have my to do list available (ToDoist app). If I\u2019m in the middle of a task or deep work, I\u2019ll jot it down so it\u2019s not forgotten. If I\u2019m not doing anything in particular, I add it to the list and then do it right away so I can check it off right away which feels good!<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"thefa-test2 thefa-entity-placement\" id=\"thefa-2950899855\"><div id=\"thefa-3530519746\"><style>.thefa-test2 {margin-bottom: 24px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"banner-content-position light-viol\">\r\n<div class=\"banner-text max400\">Stop procrastinating. It's time to take charge of your life.<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/start.thefabulous.co\/onboarding\/fabulous-initial?utm_source=community-qa&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=afterfirstquestionoranswer-purple-achievegoals\" class=\"banner-cta red w-inline-block\">\r\n<div>Start today<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Alice O.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I divide my list into TO DO and PRIORITISE, giving a score of importance from 1 to 3 and I start with the things that have 1 star. I put all in to be sure to make them<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Pankaj T.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I used to put them in a mental todo list but I would forget about them as so many of them piled up.  Now I try to just do them instead.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Beatrice C.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I just do them. It takes more time to write them&#8230; and I don&#39;t want the false sense of accomplishment that comes with this practice.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Shelly Z.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I definitely feel like I put the smaller things on a mental to do list. I tend to procrastinate,  so with the smaller things I usually end up put them off until a more convenient time.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Jenn N.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">Oh my goodness, so when I need a boost and to help myself just get started and feel like I\u2019ve accomplished something I put it on the list then I kind of have a productivity snowball situation.  If I\u2019m already pretty productive and effective I don\u2019t put little things on the list I just do them.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Rafael U.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">Each day I&#39;m my 4 hour blocks of constructive time &#8230; I allow myself 30 breaks. In this free time I take on my misc. Tasks. I found the 5 minutes job turns out to be on personal Things anyway.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nolan Q. I put them on my to do list. I always have my to do list available (ToDoist app). If I\u2019m in the middle of a task or deep work, I\u2019ll jot it down so it\u2019s not forgotten. 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