‘To do’s lists are found everywhere. Love them or hate them, we often make ‘to-do- lists for simple chores and such. Some of us make elaborate lists and then forget where we kept them!
In this article, I discuss how making ‘to do’ lists at the beginning of each day at the research bench, and reviewing at the end of the day, can help improve efficiency, prioritization skills and confidence in a researcher. This is very useful for a PhD student, especially one that juggles various tasks and sets very high standards for their work (aka most PhD students). This may also apply for postdoctoral researchers or anyone working in the research for field. I hope this tip is useful to you.
Here is the article.
Please share your own tips and strategies with managing your tasks in research and elsewhere. Enjoy!