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To-do list

A printable to-do list with a checkbox on every line. Choose one column, two columns, a version with priority and due-date columns, or a week laid out by day, give it your own heading, and add a notes box at the bottom if you want one.

By Paul Gunder. Free to print for home, classroom and office use; see how our printables are made.

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Four layouts

  • One column. A single list of checkbox lines down the page. The classic daily list.
  • Two columns. Twice the lines at the same size, good for a long project list or for splitting a page into Work and Home.
  • With priority and due date. A table with a Done box, the task, a priority and a due date. Use A, B and C, or 1 to 3, for priority.
  • By day of the week. Monday to Sunday in boxes with a few checkbox lines each, plus a Next week box for the things that do not fit.

The heading prints at the top left with a Date line beside it. Leave the heading empty for To-Do List, or type "Groceries", "Before the move" or "This week".

The settings

Lines per column runs from 10 to 30; fewer lines print taller. The Notes box adds a ruled box at the bottom for phone numbers, ideas and anything that is not a task.

Making a list you will finish

A list works when every line is a next action: something you could start right away. "Taxes" is a project; "Find last year's 1099 forms" is an action. David Allen's Getting Things Done method is built on that distinction, and it makes a paper list far less daunting.

Keep the list short enough to finish. If a day's list has more than about ten lines, move the rest to the Next week box or a second page, and circle the two or three that matter most.

Worked example: a Saturday list

On Friday evening, Chris prints the one-column layout with 14 lines and the heading "Saturday". The lines read: "Drop off library books", "Buy birthday card for Mom", "Hardware store: furnace filter 16×25", "Change furnace filter", "Email the soccer carpool", "Pay water bill online", and so on.

Chris stars "Pay water bill" because it is due Monday and puts "Change furnace filter" right after the hardware store trip, so the two happen in order. By Saturday afternoon nine boxes are ticked; the other five move to Sunday's list.

Download the PDF once and print a week's worth, or print the two-column layout on both sides of a page. The settings stay the same each time you come back to this page from the same browser.

Sources

  1. Getting Things Done: the official site of David Allen's method gettingthingsdone.com