I need to do this

Creating a backlog (or how to deal with a long task list) | blog to discovery:

"I have written out my task list to the end of December on blue paper to highlight it is not my current task list and made it a closed list by drawing a line below the last task so the backlog can not grow any longer. On the 2nd January I started with a completely clear task list and each day as I plan my day I work on one item from my backlog as the current initiative."

The colored paper is genius, genius I tell you!