In this series, we'll be looking at all of the smart lists in To Do.
Let's start with the 'My Day' list.
This list is really at the heart of how you use to do to manage your tasks.
Every morning you look through your lists and choose some tasks to add to My Day.
Then you concentrate on just completing the tasks that you have in this list.
When you've found something you want to work on,
right-click it and choose 'add to My Day'.
That task will now appear in the My Day list.
The task remains in its original list
but it has this label to show that it's also in the My Day list.
To add tasks to My Day on a phone,
find the task,
swipe right
and then choose the blue sun button.
You can type tasks directly into the My Day list here
if something new comes up that you have to work on.
These will get copied into the general task list.
You can customise the way any list looks from this ellipsis over here
and there are options to sort the tasks,
change the background colour or image,
email and print the list from here
and on Windows you also get the option to pin the To Do list to your start menu.
If you're using a Mac then you can duplicate the list here too.
So let me demonstrate how I use My Day.
First thing in the morning I go through my lists and pick the tasks that I want to get done.
The Important and Planned lists help here because they identify the urgent and important tasks.
It's best not to add too many.
Try and be realistic about what you can get done.
Three work tasks is probably all you need to add.
If you add too many you can remove them with a right-click.
I'm happy if I finish three work tasks from my list in a day.
To Do can suggest some for you based on the priorities and due dates you've set.
If I press this light bulb button
the suggestions panel pops up
and I can add any of these suggested tasks by pressing the plus button next to it.
When I've completed something I can close it off with this toggle
and I'll hear that satisfying 'ping'.
I like hearing this sound but you can turn it off if you want to.
Go to your profile icon and turn off the completion sound.
If you're in the browser
then go to the settings Cog and choose 'To Do settings' to find this option.
When you hit the toggle to close off the task
it will be moved to the completed group below
so you can find it in there and open it back up again if you need to.
If I have a task with multiple steps
I'll sometimes add it to My Day knowing that I'll only be able to finish some of the steps.
The smart lists in To Do all have their own purpose and work in a similar way,
but there is one big difference you need to know about
that's unique to the My Day list.
This list resets every day.
Each morning whether you've completed the tasks from the day before or not,
the list will start off empty
ready for you to add your tasks for the day.
You can always put incomplete tasks back in there
if you want another go at getting them finished
like the ones with multiple steps that I mentioned earlier.
Curating a manageable daily list of tasks
can help prevent that feeling of being overwhelmed
so we really recommend using this list.