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Yep, scheduling is a must for me, too. I also like outlines. Maybe it's because I do so many white papers and longer documents, but I also find it helps organize my thoughts for shorter articles and all writing. Whenever I skip that part, I take longer to write. 

Maybe because I went to a school where nearly every damn thing had to be outlined, I'm averse to any formal one. But I "outline" my articles by coming up with a title and subheads. That gives them enough structure to help me fly through the rest of the process.

I schedule my work day the night before or even the week before. I have virtual sticky notes on my desktop, so I just open a new one and list what has to be done the next day, or what has to be done on which day that week. I'm into simplicity. Like I've mentioned to Anne before, if I started organizing my to-do list, that's all I'd do. I organize everything, and I must be stopped! LOL