To-do lists can be stress busters - if you can master them | Oliver Burkeman

Most of us treat self-help books with a healthy dose of skepticism. But one written 14 years ago has the ultimate efficiency hack
If anyone’s to blame for the modern-day cult of “personal productivity” – the ceaseless barrage of books and listicles promising tips for keeping your head above water in our hyper-busy era – then it’s probably David Allen. It’s been 14 years since Penguin published Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, with its inauspicious cover ima