Ive put it at the top of my to-do list to use my brain and gut.
I think the problem with to-do lists is when people use them to track literally what they are supposed to do for the day ... you should not need a todo list to guide your day in the larger sense in my opinion. I think where they actually are useful is tracking very small postponed tasks that would otherwise be forgotten - software is filled with these sort of things and probably the reason why devs think to-do lists are so instrumental.
I think the problem with to-do lists is when people use them to track literally what they are supposed to do for the day ... you should not need a todo list to guide your day in the larger sense in my opinion. I think where they actually are useful is tracking very small postponed tasks that would otherwise be forgotten - software is filled with these sort of things and probably the reason why devs think to-do lists are so instrumental.