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A calendar is for meetings and appointments, and a to-do list is for tasks. ?I hope you have a monogamous relationship with your to-do list,? says Susan Pons, Productivity Consultant and VP of Clear Concept?meaning have just one, list lovers. She advocates checking that your tasks are aligned to your priorities. At work, this may mean your tasks align to the project that needs to launch next week. At home, it might be that you?ve made eating healthy a goal and buying produce at your local market is the task that aligns. Pons stresses that a successful to-do list is composed of the five Cs: Consolidate, Complete, Categorize, Consult and Commit.
1. Consolidate

Have one master to-do list. Pons suggests using Tasks in Microsoft Outlook or a tool like Wunderlist that syncs across devices. If you?re still in Post-it note mode, like I was, you?re never going to have all your to-dos in one place.  2. Complete

To get everything done, you need to know all the things you have to do. Take a notebook with you to every meeting. Draw a line to separate a page into two columns: Notes go on the left and to-do items go on the right. Add these to your master to-do list ASAP?or the likelihood of them being remembered will be quite low.
3. Categorize

Break your master to-do list into categories. Organizing your child?s birthday party should go on your to-do list, but so should all the sub-tasks associated with putting on that epic Harry Potter event, like buying chocol...