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Life Shaper:
Tangible To-Do List
How many productivity pitfalls have you fallen for?
You start making a list.
You feel the relief of getting all the to-do's out on paper...
... but then, one too many items on the list?
You sink back into mental quicksand.
You buy another 'perfect planner.'
This is The One you'll commit to.
But once you get the hang of it, it loses its luster. You find yourself squishing your complex life into its shape.
After a few pages, it ends up on the dusty planner pile.
Or a friend convinces you to try the Productivity App That Has Changed Their Life™.
You sign up, deal with learning how it works. But soon find it too tedious to keep up with, and what felt so real in your mind and body disappears into your device.
And holy crow it is waaaaaay too easy to get distracted by everything else on your device.
It's not a character flaw. It's a design flaw—in the tools, not in you.
Here is why these tools aren't working:
Traditional lists show you EVERYTHING AT ONCE.
For fast, non-linear, big picture thinkers, this isn't relief—it short circuits your system.
You can see what needs doing, but you're no closer to knowing what to do NEXT.
Planners assume tomorrow looks like today. And that what you plan now is actually going to work out that way.
If you're allergic to routine and your priorities shift constantly—you're not failing the planner.
The planner is failing YOU.
Productivity apps hide your tasks behind screens and clicks. Nothing is tangible. Nothing is in your hands.
And it lives on the same device as dozens of other things screaming for your attention.
Twenty minutes and 4 apps later, you forget why you picked up your phone at all.
So what IS actually going on?
Here's three underlying issues standing in your way:
1 | The First Foe: Overwhelm
You're not lazy. You're not broken. You're not bad at "adulting."
You're overwhelmed.
What do you do next?
I shut down.
Once I see ALL of the things that need to be done, I do NONE of the things.
I self-soothe.
I go straight to my comfort zone, because feeling overwhelmed is so flippin' uncomfortable.
Productive procrastination, baby.
I get sooooo much done avoiding what I should be doing now. It helps me feels accomplished.
I am varsity captain of Team C myself — exactly why I designed the antidote over 20 years ago.
Overwhelm stops you before you have any chance to start, kicking off a diabolical cycle:
- The more you avoid, the bigger the pile gets.
- The bigger the pile, the more overwhelming it feels.
- The more overwhelming it feels, the more you avoid.
World's worst carousel.
2 | Productivity and procrastination are useless words.
They are so overused they mean nothing now. They're too vague to act on.
Telling yourself to "just be more productive" is like telling yourself to "just be taller."
And beating yourself up for procrastinating? That makes you feel worse without changing anything.
What you actually need is Task Initiation.
That's the executive function skill that is underneath all of this. Not doing MORE—doing the NEXT thing. The ability to look at a pile of tasks and actually START one.
Learn all 9 executive functions in Befriend Your Brain.
3 | You are trying to shove your round brain into a square hole.
Enter the Tangible To-Do List.
This is my #1 tool.
The most often grabbed and most treasured tool in my toolbox.
I built my first Tangible To-Do List over 20 years ago.
It is my tried-and-true go-to—how I've wrangled concurrent projects, writing 2 books, business pivots, course production, event launches, and the beautiful tornado of running a solo creative business.
It's so essential to how I work that I snuck it into my 2013 TEDx talk. I couldn't NOT share it.
So what is it?
The Tangible To-Do List is a physical system that turns overwhelming chaos into clear, grabbable action.
Using nothing but sticky notes, a pen, and wall space, you create a visual command center that lets you:
Get EVERYTHING out.
Every task across every project gets its own sticky note. Nothing hiding in your head. Nothing scattered across apps. It's all here—visible, tangible, and OUT of your brain.
See without drowning.
Color-coding by project creates instant visual organization. You'll finally see exactly how much you're juggling—and WHY you've felt so overwhelmed.
Sequence without struggle.
Your "Runway" shows ONLY your immediate priorities. Not everything. Not the whole list. Just what's next—in the order it needs to happen.
Activate Task Initiation.
Grab one sticky note. Hold it in your hand. Do THAT thing. This is the codebreaker—turning paralysis into action by making the next step physical and undeniable.
Stack your wins.
Completed tasks go in your Win Column. Visible, accumulating proof that you ARE making progress. Momentum you can see and feel.
This is not another productivity hack.
It's not about doing more.
It's not about discipline or motivation or trying harder.
The Tangible To-Do List is about finally having a system that works WITH your round brain instead of against it.
A system that handles overwhelm, activates task initiation, and puts the very next thing in your hands—so you can actually DO it.
$10 of supplies. 20 years of refinement.
A tool built for the brain you actually have.
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Hi! I'm Brandy Agerbeck.
I'm thankful for my 'round,' turbo-fast brain.
But taking the Everything That Has To Be Done and figuring out the very next thing?
Feels darn near impossible.
I invented the Tangible To-Do List for myself.
I desperately needed something that quieted my chronic overwhelm so I could get out of my head and get going.
While I briefly described this tool in my 2013 TEDx talk, Shape Your Thinking, and I share an overview in The Idea Shaper book, this is the first time I'm teaching the whole system step-by-step.
You are in exactly the right place to finally have the very best overwhelm-busting, prioritizing, get-it-in-gear tool at your fingertips.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What if I can't draw?
What materials do I need?
How much time do I need?
How long do I have access?
Shape your life one drawing at a time.
Every Life Shaper experience:
Carves time out and creates a safe and welcoming self-care space to reflect and explore possibilities. Set a drawing date with yourself.
Makes space to be playful and messy. Put your Inner Critic in time out. Be free to be your squishy, fuzzy, imperfect self!
Engages your brain and heart and hands and your whole self. This process lets all of you show up: messy and tidy, thinky and feeling, uncertain and steadfast.
Puts the power of your thinking into your own hands. Get unstuck with a temporary sketch, or get down a long-term plan of action in ink.
Invites you to take a critical and kind look at your own Big Picture. What are the pieces and how do they connect? Notice what pieces are and aren't working.
Opens you up to discovery and magic. Your new insights and clarity will shine light on where to go next!
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