How to Get Through Your To-Do List This Week — Without Using AI Agents, Hiring a Human Assistant, or Giving Up Sleep

A repeatable 5-step process to reduce overwhelm and increase effectiveness

Almost everyone has trouble completing their to-do list. This can lead to a sense of overwhelm, guilt, and dissatisfaction with oneself.

However, the problem isn't you, it's your to-do list.

You see, most people have never been taught how to use a to-do list the right way.

In this ugly, ~1950-word Google document, I will walk you through a 5-step process to complete your to-do list this week — without using AI agents, hiring a human assistant, or giving up sleep.

And the best thing? You can repeat this process again and again, whenever you want to have a truly productive week.

Inside this step-by-step document:

  1. The true function of a to-do list and how it's very different from what you've been told.
  2. How to turn your to-do list from a source of overwhelm to an oasis of relief.
  3. What to focus on completing first when you struggle with an overwhelming amount of tasks, and why everything else can wait.
  4. Why you need 3 lists, not just one, and exactly what those lists are and how to create them.
  5. What the architecture of your to-do list has to do with archery, and what it takes to give life your best shot.

You can currently get this 100%-human written document at pay-what-you-want-pricing (minimum ask is USD 1). 

(You don't need a Google account to access this document. You can download it as a PDF or Word Document.)

What this process on its own WON'T DO for you:  

If you have trouble saying no to people, it won't solve that issue for you (this probably requires 1:1 attention). However, it will make it clearer to you where you might want to say no to people.

What this process WILL DO for you:

  • It will help you sort through the chaos and overwhelm of your to-do list.
  • It will make your to-do list more manageable and your life easier.
  • It will make you more effective by helping you focus on doing the right thing.


100% human written (because AI doesn't understand time constraints in the same way another human does): 

These days, people are wary of AI-written instructions. I understand this sentiment, especially when it comes to productivity advice or other experiences that are intrinsically human. We can't talk about productivity without talking about limitations (especially time and energy limitations). Productivity and limitations are two sides of the same coin.

When you have limited time to get something done, it's crucial to focus on the most important things. As humans, we have an innate understanding of this.

In contrast to humans who need sleep and food, AI has the ability to keep going and going and going (until it runs out of tokens). This strength of AI is also its weakness. It can lead people down rabbit holes, waste time, and reinforce perfectionistic attitudes.

Rest assured that this guide was 100% written by me. While I wrote it over the course of a single afternoon, it's based on years of direct work with people. You see, before AI became widespread, I used to do text-based coaching with people around the world where I supported them with their daily productivity. This gave me a chance to work with a lot of different people in different situations. (I'll share a few testimonials below from that time below, and you can see dozens more on my testimonial page here.)

When I sat down to write this guided document, I focused on distilling the process I used with my test-based coaching clients. This approach helped a lot of people, and I'm really excited to have a comprehensive version of this that people can use on their own.

Instead of paying me USD 25/week for 1:1 text-based coaching (or spending USD 20 to get AI to cosplay as your 24/7 productivity coach), you can get this document for as little as USD 1 and work through it in under an hour.