Procrastination? Fear? Perfectionism? Time Management? Willpower?
All these words and then some are addressed in Glynnis Whitwer's new book, "Taming the To Do List" and when I saw the title up for review, I thought, "yeah that might be good for me." I guess based on the title I thought that it would actually give pointers to refine, breakdown, organize--"tame"--my to-do list. I was pleasingly......disappointed. While Whitwer does address what I thought the book would be about in a small portion, she actually addresses more the psychology behind why the list can or cant' be tamed. Namely, a lot of those words at the top of this review.
You can tell that Whitwer definitely did her homework siting references from books and studies she used to educate herself on this topic. Not only were there scholarly references, but she took it a step further to use biblical references as well.
As a christian, I often wonder how I am doing on God's to-do list for me. For example, she sites fear as one of those reasons we may procrastinate and then sites verses to help us combat that feeling.
There are end of chapter self-help sections where the reader is asked to "list" things and apply what you just read.
All in all, I was pleasantly surprised by this book! It definitely helped me recognize some things about myself that I can improve on. Like this review for example. This was the last day for reviews to be submitted. Its 7:30pm...Can we say, this was a good book for me to read? 5 stars!!!
(I was given this book for free by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.)
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