To-do list template
A task name and a checkbox. A date only if the task has a deadline.
To-do list template
Sample layout
- Email the advisor
- Buy lab notebook
- Return the library book
- Outline Friday's section
Sample tasks. The first is marked done so the done state is visible.
The smallest useful list
To-do list template, to do list samples, and to do list form searches are for a list you can finish. Each item is a verb plus an object. 'Advisor' is not a task. 'Email the advisor about the add deadline' is. In Notion a to-do block or a database with a checkbox both work. Use a database when you need a date or a filter. Use a simple checklist when the list dies at the end of the day.
A notion to do list is the same object. If every item has a date, you have a weekly planner, and the bare list is the wrong view. Assignments with grades belong in the assignment tracker, not in a floating checklist you will not sort.
A sample, and why it is short
The sketch on this page is a sample: four tasks, one already done. Copy the shape, not the tasks. A list longer than a screen is a backlog. Move dated items onto the calendar and delete items you have rewritten three times without doing.
Questions
- What does a to-do list sample look like?
- Four to seven lines, each a concrete action, with a way to mark done. A sample that includes priorities, energy scores, and tags is a system, not a list.
- Should every task have a due date?
- No. A date on a task that has no real deadline hides the tasks that do. Leave the date empty until something external is waiting.