Turn your worries into a checklist
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Turn your worries into a checklist
As a counterstrategy, keep a “done list,” which starts empty first thing in the morning, and which you then gradually fill with whatever you accomplish through the day.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
There are a lot of things I want to do. I want to create and build and make and write.
And then, of course, there are other things that I just have to do, like bookkeeping and responding to emails.
Sometimes, it all gets to be too much. There are too many things to do! I need to figure out where to start! I get paralyzed by the sheer enormity of it a... See more
And then, of course, there are other things that I just have to do, like bookkeeping and responding to emails.
Sometimes, it all gets to be too much. There are too many things to do! I need to figure out where to start! I get paralyzed by the sheer enormity of it a... See more
Overall, I feel it’s much better to put fewer items on your checklist, and then feel pleasantly surprised by how much you completed, rather than putting tons and tonnnnnnns of items on your checklist, and then feeling miserable that you didn’t finish everything.
Alexandra Franzen • The Checklist Book: Set Realistic Goals, Celebrate Tiny Wins, Reduce Stress and Overwhelm, and Feel Calmer Every Day
“So I banish about ninety per cent of my worries by taking these four steps: “1. Writing down precisely what I am worrying about. “2. Writing down what I can do about it. “3. Deciding what to do. “4. Starting immediately to carry out that decision.”