Planning is considered one of the popular methods of self-discipline and activity productivity. Is this really the case, or does creating to-do lists just lessen the chaos in your head?
Planning can help a person organize their time more efficiently and focus better on work. But why is that? ⬇️
💔 Every day a person has to make many decisions. More precisely, how to start things, where to start and how much time to spend on it. Planning helps to cope with this problem and radically save time. Research on time managment has shown that time management is closely related to work productivity and academic well-being.
💔 Reduces cognitive load. When a person thinks "I still need to do a project, not to forget about homework, respond to a message and prepare for tomorrow's lesson," these tasks can occupy a significant part of his attention. When these tasks are recorded in the list, a person does not have to constantly keep them in memory.
💔 Prioritization. Many people get stuck with the difficulty of allocating time and attention to several tasks. Distribution of tasks by their importance. You can first complete the task with the nearest deadline, then move on to a longer-term project, and leave small things to the end.
Thus, planning does not create additional time, but it can help to more efficiently use existing ones: reduce the number of decisions, unload memory, prioritize and turn common intentions into concrete actions.