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!
  • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    27 days ago

    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.

    • snek_boi@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      27 days ago

      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.

      • madnificent@lemmy.world
        2·
        26 days ago

        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.