**Start each day with a post-it sized agenda of tasks & meetings to attend.**
![[Daily_Post_It.jpeg]]
The Daily Post It note is a technique in which you begin the day by making a Post-It sized agenda. The agenda will include the meetings you plan to attend and a FEW goals for the day.
> [!tip] This is currently my favorite productivity "hack"
# How
Keep it simple!
1. Get a blank post-it note & a pen
2. Look at your calendar & make a chronological list of where & when you need to be today
3. Pick 1 to 3 **completable** tasks to do (i.e. not "work on presentation", but "deliver presentation draft")
1. [[Falsifiable Deliverables are Better]]
4. Throughout the day, check off things you finish
5. At the end of the day, throw it away
Or you could do the [[Ivy Lee Method]] and fill out tomorrows post-it today.
# Why
The lack of real-estate on a post-it note **forces you to be realistic & prioritize** what you can accomplish in a day. If you find yourself running out of space, you'll find yourself running out of time in the day to do the things you wrote down. If your post-it is full of meetings, you won't be able to fit as many tasks in. That's how life works, too.
If you manage to accomplish all that's on your post-it note, that's enough - and [[Enough is Hard to Recognize]]. You're [[Done for the Day List|done for the day]].
Remember [[3 Goals a Day#Remember]] someone who consistently accomplishes 1 to 3 **meaningful goals** a day is much more productive than most.
Also it's a nice visual reminder of what you need to [[focus]] on that day.
## The Ivy Lee Post-it
You could end the day by creating tomorrow's post-it. A sort of [[Ivy Lee Method]].
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## Source
- [[Todoist Productivity Articles]]
## Related
- [[3 Goals a Day]]
- [[Eat the Frog]]