Recording what you need to do or be working on can help alleviate some of the stress of balancing work and school. To-do lists can assist with breaking down projects into smaller, more manageable parts. Benefits of writing down to-do lists include:

• Satisfaction of checking things off
• Clarifying through writing down
• Setting reasonable expectations
• Seeing progress 

There are several ways to organize to-do lists:

• To do, doing, done
• By class, work, etc.
• Short-term vs. long-term

Tools for to-do lists:

• Google Keep: cross-platform and incorporated into Google calendar
• Outlook Tasks: incorporated Outlooks email and can link to iPhone reminders app
• Apple Notes: cross platform for Apple users
• Wunderlist: cloud-based to-do application
• TeuxDeux: simple, user friendly to-do application
• Monday.com: visual project management tool
• AirTable: cloud-based collaboration platform