# The 5 Commandments for Choosing the Right to-Do App for Productivity  ## About - Author: Ryan Dube - Title: The 5 Commandments for Choosing the Right to-Do App for Productivity - Tags: #articles - URL: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-commandments-choosing-right-app-productivity/ ## Highlights The first step in any productivity plan has to be a focus of your time on the things that really matter, rather than spinning your wheels doing small tasks that ultimately don't serve your larger goals in life. --- Testing the waters with so many tools and apps over the years, I have learned that it doesn't really matter which tools you use. You need to pick what makes you feel comfortable and works with how you think. But it is critical that you start at the top, create those big, important life dreams and goals, and then trickle down through each toolset until you're down to your daily calendar with the small everyday tasks that make up the chaos of this thing we call life. If you plan this way, then regardless of the complexity of your day, you can at least rest assured that you're working on the things that really matter in the end, and by following the path you've planned out, you'll accomplish those big life dreams that you've envisioned for yourself. ---