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Do You F*cking Mind?

425. How to write the most effective to do list EVER so you can feel great after (and other focus tips)

Do You F*cking Mind?

Alexis Fernandez-Preiksa - Neuroscientist and Mindset Coach

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.9914 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

I’m sharing how I tackle that overwhelming feeling of “I have so much to do but nothing’s getting done.” I walk you through how I create my to-do lists in a way that actually works. With a breakdown of soft vs. hard actions, how to tell what needs deep focus vs quick wins and how I use time-blocking to stay on track without burning out. 

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0:00.0

Hello, beautiful people and welcome to the podcast episode of today.

0:19.3

So this podcast episode is really me trying to light the fire under

0:24.6

your anus. We are really getting into the best to-do list ever, okay? Because I've got a problem

0:32.7

with to-do lists. I have a love-hate relationship with to-do lists, primarily love, because I do them all the

0:38.3

time, but hate in the sense that if not done properly, there can sometimes be more cause for

0:44.1

like feeling like you haven't done enough or anxiety or just getting annoyed at yourself

0:48.9

instead of what it is meant to be. And that is something that's actually going to propel you

0:53.9

forward and feel like

0:54.8

you're being more productive and you're getting your fucking shit together in your life. Okay.

0:58.7

So this episode is about how to write the most effective to-do list. And I'm also going to

1:04.6

throw in some other focus tips in there as well. So I hope that while listening to this, you have a pen and paper, or you're typing

1:14.1

it out and you are really jotting down what it is that I have to say because it is, I think it's

1:22.4

going to fucking help you. Okay. Now, little life update. What is my life update? Oh, guys, I made Baclavar yesterday. Now, for those of you

1:33.6

playing along at home that follow my cousin, Jocelyn and I on all our weird adventures.

1:40.2

Yes, Jocel and I are doing the puzzle championships. We are entering that together. We are also,

1:46.5

we've been doing this for like about a year and a half now. We get together every Tuesday,

1:50.3

within reason, whenever possible. And we alternate whose house we go to and we cook a new meal

1:56.9

that we've never cooked. Or if we have cooked a meal and it was really shit we have to

2:01.8

re-attempt it and nail it okay we get our partners so tyrone and frankie they judge it they give us a

2:08.6

score out of 10 and that's kind of how we go along so last night we did like a butter lemony

2:15.9

like lebanese chicken It was very good. Although

2:21.1

Tyrone gave it like a fucking six and a half out of ten because he said the skin wasn't

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