Many of us carry around endless mental to-do lists, filled with projects we need to tackle, errands to run, items to fix, and countless other tasks that demand our attention. It’s no wonder that keeping track of it all can feel overwhelming. In David Allen’s book, Getting Things Done, he describes these mental lists as major barriers to staying organized and successfully completing our tasks. According to Allen, our short-term memory can only hold a limited amount of information, and when we try to juggle too many to-dos in our heads, it clogs up our ability to focus, creating stress and distractions.
