TASKS

There are some things you want to do which are not time-critical. To save space and time in your calendar, you can designate these non-time-critical items as tasks.

Keep tasks on simple lists and review periodically to either do or schedule. The only rule for tasks is that they cannot be time-critical; if an item is sitting on a task list and hasn’t been done, there should be no consequence to it not getting done. If there are consequences, then schedule the task in your calendar. You can distinguish a task from a critical item by determining the consequence of it not getting done. If there is a consequence, schedule it. If there is no significant consequence, keep it on a task list. Microsoft Outlook has inbuilt tasks which can be dragged ...

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