Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about women in business and issues surrounding women at work. We’ve all fallen into the trap of trying to do too much at ...

This story was originally published on Jan. 4, 2023, and has been updated to include a rerun of the podcast episode. When I looked at my to-do list recently, I noticed that it was kind of all over the ...

You may not think your hastily scrawled to-do list has “an irresistible magic,” but Italian philosopher and novelist Umberto Eco would have disagreed. Eco held up this simple practice, which humans ...

While you hear a lot about the power of to-do lists to increase your productivity, sometimes just making one can feel like an annoying to-do in of itself—and one that over half of Americans don't ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alice G. Walton, PhD is a writer who covers health and mental health. For the millions of people who have trouble falling asleep, ...

A new bedtime to-do list, courtesy of sleep researchers at Baylor University: 1. Write a to-do list before bed. 2. Go to sleep. 3. Sleep better than all the non-list-writing people you meet tomorrow.

2022 saw me give up on keeping a physical to-do list, but the experiment taught me the importance of putting effort into staying organized. 2022 saw me give up on keeping a physical to-do list, but ...