{"id":184889,"date":"2024-11-21T21:14:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T03:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=184889"},"modified":"2024-11-24T08:50:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T14:50:40","slug":"todoist-templates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/skills\/homeownership\/todoist-templates\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Todoist Templates to Streamline and Organize Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"EffortlesslyI\u2019m a big Todoist fan.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve never heard of this task management app, check out my full write-up about Todoist<\/a>. It\u2019s amazing! (I\u2019m not affiliated with the company in any way, just an enthusiastic user.)<\/p>\n

Over the years, Kate and I have developed some dedicated checklists that we use to keep on top of tasks in both our professional and personal lives. We\u2019ve got Todoist checklists of article ideas we want to hit and Todoist checklists of family- and household-related tasks that need to get done that we often discuss during our weekly marriage meetings.<\/a><\/p>\n

On that latter front, I\u2019ve developed some checklist categories for everything from life admin to home maintenance. The aim of these lists is to help me be better at home economics in the Aristotelian sense.<\/a> I figured people might find them useful. So I\u2019ve created free templates that you can download into your Todoist app.<\/p>\n

4 Todoist Templates to Streamline Your Life<\/u><\/h2>\n

On Todoist, you can create a “Project” folder within which to create a checklist of tasks.<\/p>\n

I use three basic categories of Projects:<\/p>\n

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  1. Projects with mostly one-off tasks.<\/strong> An example would be my Household Project. On this checklist, there are one-off tasks like \u201cCall the plumber to fix the sink.\u201d When you check off a one-off task, the task disappears from the list.<\/li>\n
  2. Projects with recurring tasks.<\/strong> An example of this, as you\u2019ll see below, is \u201cLife Admin.\u201d These are tasks I have to do every week\/month\/quarter. When you add a recurring task to a Project checklist, you give it a recurring due date like “every Sunday.\u201d Then, when you check the task off, it automatically repopulates itself on the list with the due date for next Sunday.<\/li>\n
  3. Projects for recurring (but occasional) situations<\/em>.<\/strong> These are Projects for situations that don\u2019t occur regularly, but when they do occur, the tasks are the same each time, e.g., preparing to leave for vacation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Since Projects of strictly one-off tasks will be very variable, I here concentrate on the templates I use for Projects with regularly recurring tasks and Projects for recurring, occasional situations.<\/p>\n

    Below, I\u2019ll walk you through how to use each type; the first step for both, obviously, is to download and install Todoist<\/a>, if you don\u2019t already have the app.<\/p>\n

    Templates for Recurring Tasks<\/em><\/h2>\n

    The following two Project templates provide checklists of recurring tasks. Again, when you check off a recurring task in these Projects, the task will automatically repopulate itself on the list with the due date for the following week\/month\/quarter. I have created recurring due dates for the tasks (like \u201cevery 4th Saturday\u201d), but you can alter them according to your desires.<\/p>\n

    Life Admin Checklist<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

    Life Admin is the office work of life<\/a>. It\u2019s the stuff you have to do to keep your household going. Paying bills. Filling out paperwork. Buying groceries.<\/p>\n

    Some life admin consists of one-off tasks that come up every now and then. Think signing kids up for sports or managing a recently passed parent\u2019s estate.<\/p>\n

    But a lot of life admin is recurring on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. Over the years, I\u2019ve developed a life admin checklist that I use to keep on top of this piddly recurring life admin. Most of it is designed so that things don\u2019t pile up, and I\u2019m not left with a big life admin bomb to resolve. So you\u2019ll notice that my life admin checklist consists of a lot of maintenance things like backing up my computer, cleaning up old text messages, and getting rid of old paperwork. Maybe some stuff on my list will be useful for you. Add to or take away from it based on your needs.<\/p>\n

    Need some more strategies for better tackling your life admin? Listen to this episode of the AoM podcast for some handy and practical suggestions:<\/strong><\/em>
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