Another Quick Tip here.  If you have a job and are going to school, make sure you ask off for the first week of school.  The first week of school you need to build a good solid foundation.  Determine when you can study, map out your course assignments on a calendar, and start reading your text books.  Also the first week you are going to be busy meeting new people and getting sidetracked with free food and all the fun goodies.

Yes, I know you know how to draw a line through words.  But to become a better To-Do list maker, you need to do something besides crossing of your tasks.

Write a Note

Next time you cross something off your To-Do list add a little note.  Did you get everything done?  How long did it take?  Did you overestimate or underestimate the required time?

I have been adding these little notes to my To-Do list for a few weeks now.  And it has really helped me improve my To-Do lists.  I have better judgment on how long it will take me to complete a task.

I also have started crossing things off that were not completed.  For example, I had put on my To-Do list to write 3 blog posts today.  But after the second one, I was out of ideas.  So I crossed it off my list and wrote a note beside it say that I didn’t complete all 3 posts, because I had lost the flow for writing during the time period.  Next time I will just put write 2 posts.