Everybody loves a to-do list. It helps us feel organized and productive, right? But the truth is that if you write them the wrong way, they can actually be counter-productive. Have you ever gone to ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

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Created by and named after Dwight Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, the Eisenhower Matrix is a ...

The world seems to run on to-do lists. You have one for work, another for chores, and a few for long-term goals that are scratched in a planner or scribbled on a sticky note. Writing everything down ...

FILE -- Bunk beds fill a shared dorm-style room that sleep up to six people at the Pigeon Point Lighthouse Hostel in Pescadero, Calif., on Wednesday, May 28, 2014. A study published in January 2018 ...