Or if you’re instead in the mode of deciding what to do next, or making a schedule for your day, etc., then that’s different, but working memory is still kinda irrelevant because presumably you have your to-do list open on your computer, right in front of your eyes, while you do that, right?
Whenever I look at a to-do list, I’ve personally found it noticeably harder to decide which of e.g. 15 tasks to do, than which of <10 tasks to do. And this applies to lists of all kinds. A related difficulty spike appears once a list no longer fits on a single screen and requires scrolling.
Yeah most of the time I’ll open my to-do list and just look at one the couple very leftmost columns, and the column has maybe 3 items, and then I’ll pick one and do it (or pick a few and schedule them for that same day).
Occasionally I’ll look at a column farther to the right, and see if any ought to be moved left or right. The further right, the less often I’m checking.
Whenever I look at a to-do list, I’ve personally found it noticeably harder to decide which of e.g. 15 tasks to do, than which of <10 tasks to do. And this applies to lists of all kinds. A related difficulty spike appears once a list no longer fits on a single screen and requires scrolling.
Yeah most of the time I’ll open my to-do list and just look at one the couple very leftmost columns, and the column has maybe 3 items, and then I’ll pick one and do it (or pick a few and schedule them for that same day).
Occasionally I’ll look at a column farther to the right, and see if any ought to be moved left or right. The further right, the less often I’m checking.