How to deal with or prevent a Someday/Maybe list being overwhelming?
How to deal with or prevent a Someday/Maybe list being overwhelming?
Things I've tried:
- Reading McKeown's Essentialism. It had some interesting ideas but it was also a very frustrating read.
- Reading The ONE Thing. It also had interesting ideas, but it didn't solve my problem.
- Understanding that I'm 'simply noticing the commitments I have'. This would be one of the GTD responses.
Things that could work if I did them differently:
- Values writing, WOOP, or the higher Horizons of Focus.
Things I'll try:
- Using Tiny Habits with GTD. In fact, this post itself is an attempt to get potential Tiny Habits!
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If you’re having trouble deleting things from your Someday/Maybe list that realistically will never come to pass, put them in a Noday/Never list.
Huh. That’s an interesting idea. It’s an extra step to the trash can. And that’s good!
I suppose having this extra step helps with our loss-averse instinct. We have an impulse to hoard, but the Noday/Never list helps us know what we can safely throw away.
The idea of an Archive is to have the thoughts collected for reference somewhere regardless of source. I mark tasks with Rejected (will not do) or Retired (no value anymore, too late) because I find it more expressive than Archived information.
Never would work too.