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During an intense period at university, index cards kept me sane. I wrote my next day schedule on one side every night and kept little to-dos to add on the other throughout the day. I should probably go back to them at some point.

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Since then, have you found a better way?

I still start each day at work recopying the previous day’s list, reordering it, and adding new items. I’ve tried to move to a computer TODO for a couple of decades, but no success. Most of my peers do nothing, so I do lists for them, too, occasionally. They really like getting a list, and they tend to be more productuve for it. They doodle on them, cross out items, take notes, etc.

Your system of recopying the previous day's list, reordering, adding new items, and I assume removing any done or stale items, is very close to the Bullet Journal [1] system that I have started to use since last year.

It's interesting to see that you came up with a similar system.

It really is an excellent system that keeps me organized and sane during the hectic periods of life and work.

[1] http://bulletjournal.com/get-started/

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