I’ve taken quite a bit of time off from this blog to work on my first book, 10 Step to a Badass To Do List, task management for the ADHD brain. I am currently editing and putting some final touches on the 4th draft. I will be sending it out to readers after that. As I am in the home stretch, I thought I would get back to posting here regularly. And, since I’ve never posted anything about the 10 Steps, I thought it would be a good time to post some concepts, takeaways, and maybe even some excerpts from the current draft. I may mix in some posts on other topics, as I am prone to philosophical musings on many topics. But, to start, here are the 10 Steps.
- A BATDL is a single master list. (Though you will likely also have a Badass work list, since that is a totally different sphere of your life that occupies a different but specific time frame, the work day. That would be your wBATDL.)
- Your BATDL need to be with you ALL THE TIME.
- Go digital with your BATDL.
- You have to look at your BATDL for it to do its job.
- Only important things go on your BATDL.
- ALL the important things go on your BATDL.
- Chunking. Aka: break tasks into their smallest constituent pieces as separate items on your BATDL.
- Every task on your BATDL must be actionaly, a thing you can actually do.
- Cross tasks off your BATDL when you complete them.
- Take a moment to enjoy the success of completing a task on your BATDL because each task completed is a real victory.
Of course, I generally take almost a full session to teach this to my clients. There’s a lot of nuance. I will be posting more of the details. And, eventually, you’ll be able to buy my book.
Standard disclaimer: When posting my thoughts here, I feel that content is far more important than perfection. I try to practice what I preach that ‘done’ is better than ‘not done…perfectly.’ So, unlike with my book, I don’t edit much, if at all. I hope you can look past any small imperfections and find the content useful.