I'm a big believer in the to-do list. I usually sit down to make one when I get into work and put everything on it: priorities for that day, tasks that could help me move bigger projects forward, ...

The world seems to run on to-do lists. You have one for work, another for chores, and a few for long-term goals that are scratched in a planner or scribbled on a sticky note. Writing everything down ...