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How Wallpaper Designer Sian Zeng Uses Todoist to Stay Inspired & Collaborate From Home

From getting motivated creatively to managing a small business (plus exclusive wallpapers for your desktop and phone!)

Designer Sian Zeng creates inspired wallpaper designs like dinosaurs, seasons, and the jungle.

Photo credit: Veerle Evens for Etsy

Using Todoist as a creative

Sian in her studio, painting and working on her computer (Photo credit: Veerle Evens for Etsy)

Sian's work space, and Sian watering plants, in her London apartment (Photo credit: Veerle Evens for Made.com)

Sian's Todoist project for her fish wallpaper collection: she <a href="https://www.todoist.com/help/articles/introduction-to-tasks-080OAXric">duplicates her tasks</a> along with all their sub-tasks from previous collection to save the time of creating a whole new set of tasks manually.

Being able to tick off tasks gives Sian the satisfying feeling of progressing when she's working on a collection.

Using Todoist as a business owner and manager

Using shared projects as a team

A <a href="https://www.todoist.com/help/articles/introduction-to-projects-TLTjNftLM">shared project</a> in board view between Sian and her marketing manager, Emily

Using <a href="https://www.todoist.com/help/articles/introduction-to-priorities-Wy82Jp">priority levels</a> helps Sian convey to her reports which task they can work on first.

A <a href="https://www.todoist.com/help/articles/introduction-to-projects-TLTjNftLM">project</a> of “Things to Remember” gives Sian Zeng a shared space for documentation like their VAT.

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Using Boards for photo shoots

Sian Zeng uses <a href="https://www.todoist.com/help/articles/use-the-board-layout-in-todoist-AiAVsyEI#:~:text=Boards%20are%20a%20powerful%20new,and%20visualize%20your%20Todoist%20projects.&text=Each%20section%20in%20a%20project,the%20%E2%80%9CNo%20Section%E2%80%9D%20title.">Boards</a> to keep track of what her team needs for various scenes in a photo shoot

Sian keeps track of props she'll need for photo shoots with Todoist.

Using Todoist to stick to a Maker-Manager schedule

Sian tags her tasks with <a href="https://www.todoist.com/help/articles/introduction-to-labels-dSo2eE">labels</a> for how long they take, like @5min, @30min, or “Deep_Work.” She pulls up the less time intensive tasks in the morning and saves the <a href="https://www.todoist.com/inspiration/deep-work">deep work</a> tasks for the afternoon.

Sian gets a rush of satisfaction at the end of the day when all tasks are complete and she sees the “Todoist zero” illustration.

Sian Zeng’s tips for using Todoist

To help her focus on what she needs to do, Sian uses a <a href="https://www.todoist.com/help/articles/introduction-to-filters-V98wIH">filter</a> that lets her bring up a project called “Me” and the time query “7 days.”

Choose from one of the <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nevd0mcok63bhqt/AAAQtcxk9jffl8sIjL33zpVda?dl=0">wallpapers</a> Sian created for Todoist users on smartphone: Dinosaurs (light or dark), Winter Snowdrift, or Fish Snorkeler.

Choose from the Fish Snorkeler<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nevd0mcok63bhqt/AAAQtcxk9jffl8sIjL33zpVda?dl=0"> wallpaper</a> design and several others for your desktop or smartphone.

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