Writing out your to-do list just before turning in isn't going to make your life any less busy, but it might just help you to get sleep and to worry a little less.

So it’s unclear if writing a to-do list would have any effect if you get on the iPad right after. A to-do list may need to be the very last thing you do before bed.

A new bedtime to-do list, courtesy of sleep researchers at Baylor University: 1. Write a to-do list before bed. 2. Go to sleep. 3. Sleep better than all the non-list-writing people you meet ...

Writing a to-do list is a similar mental experience. Even if you first spend some time thinking about the tasks you have to do, the act of drawing up a list and prioritizing the items on it forces ...

Writing a 'to-do' list at bedtime may aid in falling asleep, according to a new study. Research compared sleep patterns of participants who took five minutes to write down upcoming duties versus ...

Aspirational tasks, like writing a book, don’t belong on a to-do list; instead, create a separate bucket list. “If your to-do list says, ‘Climb Mount Everest and pick up milk,’ those are ...

Relax your grip. While it’s natural to think that a close, tight grip on your pen will lead to more controlled, neat handwriting, Bugbee says it’s the opposite that’s true.

James Madison. James Madison’s handwriting holds several clues about his introversion. First, Poizner points out the small size of his signature.