Hello your brain is a maze
It's got lots to think about. You've got
Home to run, you've got work, you've got friends, you've got colleagues, you've got deadlines, you've got meetings, you've got fitness, you've got food
and you've got to relax. It's an endless list of tasks to do
the result you suffer from overwhelm and
The net effect is you get stressed out, so how do you reduce the stress
Resulting from overwhelm? I've got one technique to share with you and it's coming up after the channel intro, so stay tuned
if you want 20 20 ideas to better health you've come to the right channel hosted by the warm and lovely Dr Joe
Now for today's topic please welcome on stage Dr Joe
Hello welcome back, I'm Dr Joe of TheDrJoe.com Right, so with so much to do
How can you deal with the stress resulting from overwhelm? Well, one technique is to have a to-do list
It might look too simple but it works a treat
So what are benefits of having a to-do list? Well, for a start, a to-do list is a fantastic memory recall tool
The point being
Once you have a to-do list you don't have to remember the things that you need to do especially when you have a laundry list
Of things to do and it ensures you don't miss out on anything
The next benefit is that a to-do list actually gives a structure to your day
it creates order and it enables you to break your tasks into smaller chunks
Into bite-sized chunks. That way when you look at the list of tasks they will appear do-able to you
and that brings me on to the next benefit which is the fact that a to-do list will actually help you to prioritize your tasks
and you can do this according to timelines and in order of importance and
When you have all your tasks prioritized
that actually brings all the tasks into focus. The next benefit of having a to-do list is that it makes you accountable
it makes you accountable. The mere fact of writing something down
actually means you have to get it done because at the end of the day you have to either give it a tick or
cross it off the list. The next
advantage of having a to-do list is that a to-do list will actually help you organize your time and you will know if a task
finishes early or if a task finishes late
and if a task is running late then you've got two choices. One is you either delegated tasks to someone else or
you re-schedule the task
To a more convenient and realistic time
On the whole what does a to-do lists help you with? Well, a to do lists will actually help you improve productivity and
indeed if you get into the habit of using a to-do list on a regular basis, you will increase productivity by at least four
folds or and that is not a bad thing
The net effect is that well you reduce stress
resulting from overwhelm. You've got this laundry list of things to do but as you tick them off, cross them off your list and
you have a look at your list at the end of the day, you'll feel really good about yourself. You can see your
productivity there. You get that immediate feedback
you know fed to you and
that can only help you to feel good by yourself for the day and also sets you up for
you know doing things better the following day and of course
overall productivity goes up and that is not necessarily a bad thing
Well something to remember though, when you use it to do lists on a regular basis is that you need to be flexible
There is no point being too rigid in yourself on your to-do list because if you do that then it becomes counterproductive
Another thing to remember is that the objective of having a to-do list is to reduce stress
stress reduction is the objective
Okay, so don't be too rigid, be flexible remember to be flexible
Now do I practice what I preach? Well, of course I do
as far as this morning is concerned, what have I done? Well, I woke up, made my bed, 'Tick', I
did dishes, 'Tick', I hoovered the house, 'Tick', I
mowed the lawn, 'Tick', I did my 20-minute workout, 'Tick', I'll
Record this video. Well I'm in the process of recording this video now. So, by the time I finish, I'm gonna give it a 'Tick' and
Left to do are things like, I'm gonna have to edit this video, I'm gonna have to upload it and I'm gonna have to transcribe it
So by the time you see this video live on youtube then of course have
crossed off all of those tasks off the list as well okay so
that's how you use a to-do lists, to actually run your day.
I use it and I encourage you to do so because it does reduce stress in your life all right the stress resulting from overwhelm
Right, so talking about to-do list, how do you get involved with to-do list? Well,
you can do it the old reliable way using pen and paper. It still works. You just write things down and tick them off or
cross them off as the day goes on
So Pen & Paper, that's one technique. The other one is using notepad. Notepad application on your computer I use that
But here's the thing. More recently apps have been developed and guess what?
Google has actually developed a new task manager all right. It's called the google task manager
I've done a demonstration for you if you follow the
"i" icon there
it'll take you to the video. Just click on it and you can watch this video see
See me give a demonstration on how to use it
Well, that's it for this video and
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