Start the week differently

Do this on the night before your new work week or early in the morning of the first day.

Grab a  fresh sheet of paper (A4/Letter or larger).

Turn it sideways (landscape).

Now just start writing any tasks that need to be done in the coming week.

Don't bother to try and prioritise work over home life or near term over long term goals; just get them down on the page.

Write it with a pen, not computer, it just works better.

Once the first flurry of activities are down, sit back take a breather. Trawl back through your mind for any other tasks. (Not aspirations like I want to be a successful dancer, just simple solid tasks.)

Done? OK.

Now work through the list.

Strike things through when you have done them.

Put a tick by them if you started but could not complete (perhaps you needed input from someone else.)

When you are wondering what to do next in your day, refer to the list.

At the end of the day check to see if any tasks carry forward to the next day, start a new sheet of paper.

If you don't have a work system you use today, I guarantee this will double your effectiveness.

If you already use a system perhaps the simplicity of this method will make you even more effective.

I don't have a name for this method; perhaps you can invent one and let me know.