Every morning I spend 12 seconds making a ranked list of priorities for my day so that I can hyper focus on something else.
Now that I have a list I can consciously ignore it instead of thinking that I’m forgetting about it. Sounds funny, but it’s a weird peace of mind.
Had lists for 25 years, and they did help to a good degree, but still: Same.
But about 2 weeks ago, I think I really cracked the case! In those situations when it is “too much” to do an item from the list, I ALLOW myself to not do an item from the list, guilt-free, but I HAVE TO “simulate” the items briefly in my head.
More than 50 % of the time, that’ll lead to the realisation that I’m totally up for doing one of those. Still not everything done, but jumped from maybe 3 out of 10 to 6 out of 10 for a typical weekend. And if I don’t feel like it, I can enjoy my shows and other shenanigans guilt-free.
Wrote more about it here: https://lemmy.ml/post/36147982
Hey, just browsing the community and wondering if you’re still doing this and if so how it’s going? Seems like a good idea!
Yes, still do it, and it still works! The pressure from having to do something when I don’t feel like it is gone. Just the simulation is mandatory, and if none of the things appeal to me during the simulation, I’m off the hook, guilt-free.
Still enough gets done that way.
I really like this idea, I’ll be stealing it.
It’s tongue in cheek.
That sounds like a big commitment
A whole list? That sounds like it would take somewhere between 3 seconds and 6 hours. Who has that kind of time?
Does it work? Do you actually do the things on the list?
For me, it works best to have the list on the day before. Otherwise, MAKING the list is what I procrastinate on.
