[mcook08]

Simple hack that has helped me is changing “todo” to “maybedo”. It reminds me that at some point I thought whatever task was worth doing but gives me the freedom to do something else as needed. Most weeks, I make a “maybedo” list at the beginning of the work week on my whiteboard and erase items as they get completed. Erasing is just as satisfying as crossing off and keeps me out of the hyper-evaluative state of comparing how many things I’ve done vs where I started.

[agumonkey]

I also try to make maybedo-plus-fun-first-step so I get inspired by a concrete task next time I see this item. Otherwise the list increase anxiety.