actualNoteContentPart: Future generations won't look back kindly on what 2020 considered to be great todo list options. The evidence lies in the "nether regions" of the todo list -- that final 5-10% where unpleasant tasks loiter like teenagers once did at the mall. If you experience continued difficulty finishing your last few tasks, you have an opportunity waiting to be seized. 
  
  What makes the current generation of todo lists so bad? In a nutshell, [everything](#The_problem_with_a_todo_list_is_everything) . Most damningly, they draw failure out of those with good intent, sapping the willpower of determined practitioners. As a group, todo list users possess impressive reserves of energy, discipline, even intermittent willpower. And yet, todo lists are constantly aborted as they eke toward their natural final state: a sad chronicle of broken intentions. 
  
  It doesn't have to be this way. Even if you don't use Amplenote, you can use the ideas in this article to multiply your productive output. The first step is to identify & set aside what is broken with your current todo list. The second step is to lend your future self a hand. Finally, **a great todo list system needs to proactively help you identify what to discard**. The possible upside? That you can juggle 10x more possible tasks (💡🚀📈) while keeping a shorter visible list and using less brainpower overall. It starts by tossing out everything that sucks about classic todo lists.
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  Future generations won't look back kindly on what 2020 considered to be great todo list options. The evidence lies in the "nether regions" of the todo list -- that final 5-10% where unpleasant tasks loiter like teenagers once did at the mall. If you experience continued difficulty finishing your last few tasks, you have an opportunity waiting to be seized. What makes the current generation of todo lists so bad? In a nutshell, [everything](#The_problem_with_a_todo_list_is_everything)
   . Most damningly, they draw failure out of those with good intent, sapping the willpower of determined practitioners. As a group, todo list users possess impressive reserves of energy, discipline, even intermittent willpower. And yet, todo lists are constantly aborted as they eke toward their natural final state: a sad chronicle of broken intentions. It doesn't have to be this way. Even if you don't use Amplenote, you can use the ideas in this article to multiply your productive output. The first step is to identify & set aside what is broken with your current todo list. The second step is to lend your future self a hand. Finally, a great todo list system needs to proactively help you identify what to discard
  . The possible upside? That you can juggle 10x more possible tasks (💡🚀📈) while keeping a shorter visible list and using less brainpower overall. It starts by tossing out everything that sucks about classic todo lists.
noteTitle: Classic to-do lists don't work