Save your workday

Do you leave work feeling exhausted and overwhelmed? Then you might want to take a look at Top 10 Smart and Lazy Ways to Save Your Workday from Lifehacker. My favorite tip from the article is "decide NOT to do one task on your to-do list and cross it off."

It's not always the boss who's putting pressure on us to get things done and assigning us tasks: sometimes we take on little projects and to-do's because they seem like a good idea for one reason or another. If you've got a to-do list a mile long with items that have been sitting there for weeks? Chances are there are a few you can cross off right this moment because they're not worth doing after all. A "good idea at the time" isn't always a good idea. If you've assigned yourself busywork that isn't that important, simply opt not to do it—that's the fastest and lowest-effort way to get it off your plate.

What do you do to make your workday manageable? Share your tips in the comments.

>> contributed by Beth