Productivity Ideas and Printables

Many of us want to be more productive. Finding the right system to keep you motivated, organized, and on track is a big part of that journey.

Our productivity ideas and printables are full of tips, suggestions, ideas, and systems you can try for a more productive day.

Don’t try to overhaul your entire day. Instead, try new ideas and tips alongside what currently works for you. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to productivity.

Ways to Keep Track of Your To-Dos

Paper & Analog

A notebook or planner
Sticky notes on your laptop/monitor/mirror
Index cards (color-coded)
A printed to-do template
A physical whiteboard or cork board
A big wall calendar

Digital

A calendar app
A reminders app
Alarms with notes
Voice memos
A dedicated to-do app
Emails or messages to yourself

Tips

Prioritize your to-do’s using a system that works for you (e.g., color-coding, top ones first, batching similar tasks together).
Break big tasks into smaller ones (e.g., instead of ‘clean the house’, have specific tasks like ‘vacuum the living room floor’).
If something takes less than a couple minutes, just do it now rather than let it sit on your to-do list for a while.
Have a daily, weekly, and monthly review.
Pair your to-do’s with rewards, and allocate small rewards for doing the smaller tasks and bigger rewards for crossing off the big to-do’s.
Limit your daily list to an achievable and realistic number of tasks.
Be kind to yourself if you haven’t achieved everything on your list, and revisit and reprioritize the list to make it easier to complete the next day.

Get the ways to keep track of your to-dos printable here.