A 5,000-word essay due in six weeks is easy to ignore until it is due in six days. Break it into pieces you can start tonight.
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Dissertation
Literature review
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Find 10 key papers
Notes on each paper
One tree per module
Make a task for each module, then open it and add the coursework, then open that and add the steps. When a step says "Read chapter 4", you know exactly what to do with the next hour.
Deadlines in one place
Give hand-in dates a due date and they all appear in the Due view, sorted, whichever module they belong to. Repeat weekly reading with a weekly task so it comes back on its own.
Tonight’s list
Star three or four steps for this evening. Today shows only those, so the rest of term stays out of sight until you need it.
The features that help
Nested tasksEvery task can hold subtasks, as deep as you need. Big jobs turn into small steps.
Due dates and repeatsDates, quick picks and repeats. The Due view shows what is overdue, due today and coming up.
Today listStar a task and it joins Today. Everything else stays out of sight until tomorrow.
Big tasks get put off because they are vague, uncomfortable or both. Practical ways to get started: shrink the first step, lower the bar and plan when.