To Do Lists (re-revisited)

I’m forever trying to find the best solution for staying on task. If I try to use Things on my phone as my “today” list, I’m doomed, there are too many rabbit holes waiting for me to go down, behind every technicolor icon. (I love Things, as a “reliable storage container” to dump things in, but not for the rubber-meets-the-road act of actually getting those things done.) I have to have a paper list. I’ve gone through several solutions, but at the office it always seemed like I was grabbing the back of an envelope, or using a 3.75x3.75" pad a vendor dropped off, or ... (I still use the blackboard, but only for the Most Immediate Pressing Task I Should Be Focusing On Right Now™.)

I found these To Do List cards from Sweetzer & Orange (that I like more than these Jot & Mark cards; the items are spaced just a bit more apart, making it much less cramped and busy), but they come loose. I thought about getting a box, with a little stand for the current list, but that’s just more desk clutter. So instead I picked up this ccute little clipboard, I can keep a couple of cards at the ready (with more in my desk drawer), and keep a pen right where I need it. For $14 (cards + clipboard, not including the rOtring pen ($1.83/ea in a 12-pack), it’s a workable solution.

4x6" clipboard with 3x5" to do cards

(On the go, I still carry this $9 little combo, which is good, but not great. But it’s more “on the go” compatible. Now, where does one find ‘2.75'' Ballpoint Pen Refills’?)