Giada De Laurentiis Quotes

I'm a planner, an organizer. I write things down because you can visually check them off and see progress. Writing things down is a lost art. I've got sticky notes all over my apartment.

Write down the most important things you have to do tomorrow.

Each night before I go to bed, I take out a small card and write a list of the things I need to do the next day in order of their priority.

Brain extenders are anything that get information out of our heads and into the physical world: calendars, key hooks by the front door, note pads, 'to do' lists.

I'm never without my personalised Anya Hindmarch diary - I keep my schedule online, too, but my diary is always in my bag. It's crammed Post-its.

I have my whole life organized on an 11x17-inch tear-away weekly calendar.

Don't worry if you don't complete everything on the schedule. At least you will have completed the most important projects before getting to the less important ones.

I try to list the top three things to get done every day, and I'll be lucky if I hit all three, but it's amazing what that does to keep you on track.

When I come into the office, the first thing I do is I plan out what I want to accomplish that day. I write it down in my notebook and make sure I accomplish it before I leave that day.

I am anal about my Gmail calendar. It's my life. I put everything in there - my to-do list, or even if I want to do things.

I am methodical about my email inbox, and I always have a physical to-do list. Without those two things, I think I'd lose my mind.

You're actually making the rest of your day productive by spending 30 minutes reviewing your to-do's, prioritizing them, and ruthlessly removing things that shouldn't be there.

I'm not nearly as well organized as I would like. I am a creature of to-do lists and calendars - if something doesn't get onto my Google Calendar, I don't show up for it.

I spend a lot of time preparing. I think a lot about what I want to do. I have prep books, little notebooks in which I write everything down before a sitting. Otherwise I would forget my ideas.

No, my entire life is planned. It's called time management.

I have yellow post-it notes plastered all over my office - they help me stay organized.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

I gotta take notes when things occur to me.

The night before, go over your schedule and see what you're going to do and what the purpose of what you're doing is. I advocate having a two-column schedule. On the left, put down all your appointments and phone calls. On the right, put down what the purpose is.

I keep lists of names of people that I have met, a list of things to do day by day as well as a log of how my time is consumed throughout the day. It's a very important part of my personal discipline.

Also, I'm always learning better and better how to prioritize and how to leave certain things for the next day.

I carry a notebook and write down things to do, and I write out thoughts and stuff like that.

Time management is really key for me.

I plan my life in 15-minute sections.

I use the default iOS calendar app. I've tried others, but it's my favorite, and I can't live without it. If it's not on my calendar, I'm not aware of it, whatever it is.