Declutter Your Todo List in 5 minutes

Master The Alastair Method Today

With the start of a new year, a lot of us focus on creating goal lists, todo lists and, especially in the planner community, the setup of new planners. I’ve done the same! Guilty as charged.

As a stationary and productivity geek, journaling is one of my favourite hobbies.

With this focus on optimizing my systems and the creation of a solid foundation to achieve my goals in the new year, I ask myself, what can I leave out? What can I simplify?

This brings the Alastair method to my mind. So far I’ve used it religiously in my weekly planning, but I know it can be used for so much more.

Let’s dive in!

Understanding the Alastair Method and where it came from

This method of task logging has its roots in the bullet journal community. It was created by Alastair Johnston, who first wrote about it in November 2015 (link to external source). He developed it as a solution for forward planning.

Imagine a standard to do, task or action list, but on the left side, you add co…