Taming the To-Do List: How to Choose Your Best Work Every Day - Softcover

Whitwer, Glynnis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0800726723 ISBN 13: 9780800726720

Publisher: Revell, 2015

Synopsis

No matter how hard women work or how much they accomplish in a day, there's lingering anxiety and guilt over what they didn't do. We just wish the world would stop for a day so we could catch up.

Glynnis Whitwer has identified what makes us feel so overburdened--and it's probably not what you think. Taming the To-Do List exposes a seismic shift in our society: from one in which most of us were proactive toward one where we now carry the burden of having to respond--to every email, text, tweet, and message we receive. This major shift creates a cycle where everyone else sets the priorities for our days, rather than us designing our own lives.

Taming the To-Do List addresses this significant change in how we manage our time and the issue of procrastination from a woman's point of view. It addresses the common household tasks many women put off, like doing housework and scheduling doctor's appointments, and moves on to the larger, more life-impacting delays of dreams and goals. Combining practical, easy-to-apply advice with solid research and biblical truth, this book is a compassionate yet challenging message of hope for those struggling to choose their best work over busy work.

About this title

About the Author

Glynnis Whitwer, executive director of communications for Proverbs 31 Ministries, is a regular contributor to Encouragement for Today, the Proverbs 31 email devotional, reaching over a million women each day. She is the author of I Used to Be So Organized, When Your Child Hurts, and work@home: A Practical Guide for Women Who Want to Work from Home, and the coauthor of Everyday Confetti. Glynnis, her husband, Tod, and their five children live in Arizona. She blogs regularly at www.glynniswhitwer.com.

From the Back Cover

Ever just wish the world would stop for a day so you could catch up?

No matter how much we accomplish in a day, we nearly always feel a little guilt over what we didn't do. But do we really have more to do than the women who came before us? Maybe not.

In Taming the To-Do List, Glynnis Whitwer exposes a seismic shift in society: from one in which most of us were proactive to one in which we carry the burden of having to respond--to every email, text, tweet, and message we receive. This creates a cycle where everyone else sets the priorities for our days rather than us directing our own lives. The result? We procrastinate, putting off the important stuff for later while we tend to the "urgent" stuff right now.

It's time to take back your schedule! Ready to tame that to-do list? This book shows you how.


"Wow! I never knew how much procrastination costs us and how rich the rewards can be when we overcome it. My friend Glynnis nailed it!"--Lysa TerKeurst, New York Times bestselling author of The Best Yes and president of Proverbs 31 Ministries
 
"Glynnis Whitwer will empower you to take that stress-inducing task list from 'to-do' to 'Hey look! It's done!'"--Karen Ehman, Proverbs 31 national speaker and New York Times bestselling author of Keep It Shut
 
"Refreshingly real and extremely practical. A must-read!"--Ruth Schwenk, author, speaker, and creator of TheBetterMom.com
 
"Live the life that you truly love rather than your life living you. Glynnis Whitwer shows you how in her book Taming the To-Do List!"--Tamara Lowe, New York Times bestselling author and founder of ChristianExperts.com

Glynnis Whitwer, executive director of communications for Proverbs 31 Ministries, is a regular contributor to Encouragement for Today, the Proverbs 31 email devotional. She is the author of I Used to Be So Organized, When Your Child Hurts, and work@home: A Practical Guide for Women Who Want to Work from Home, and the coauthor of Everyday Confetti. Glynnis, her husband, Tod, and their five young adult children live in Arizona. She blogs regularly at www.glynniswhitwer.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Revell
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0800726723
• ISBN 13: 9780800726720
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208