I’m not sure. But perhaps try starting small. Or maybe try having a to do list that is only things that absolutely have
...Do you allow yourself to put frivolous but joy-creating activities on your to do list? (Watching a movie. Enjoying a piece of chocolate)
I don’t :( I usually just have the celebrate habit towards the end of a deep work session. I also have different deep
...When you miss things on your to-do list for the day. How do you handle it?
If it is critical to me that things get done, I don’t make a to do list at the beginning of the
...How do I stop comparing myself to others? Something othe than the usual answers of, "appreciate what you have, live your own life," etc. etc. Thinking like that is helpful, but it isn’t enough. I’m still comparing.
I think that self-comparison consistently slips into our lives. We almost always need to be aware of who we’re surrounding ourselves with, do
...How can I go to bed earlier?
I think one thing that helps me is to at least three hours before you’re going to bed begin to take away things
...Do you use a notebook, bullet journal, scrap paper, phone, tablet or something else for your lists? If you’ve tried several, what has worked best for you?
Bullet journal: randomly stopped using it Phone: dont look into it as often as I thought Scrap paper: only when in thinking of
...What if I only have one big thing to do? Now I’m working on the first chapter of my thesis.
You can always break big tasks down into smaller parts. And sometimes it helps to do so in order to stay motivated. For
...How do you plan habits that need to happen only once in a while like going through your closet or clearing paper clutter?
I have a “power list”. One of my weekly tasks is to spend 30 minutes working on the power list. At that time
...From your point of view, what is the best to-do list format?
I separate my list into different types of tasks (to clean, to fix, to cook, to write, to read) and then rewrite out
...How many tasks per day do you write?
I write about 10, Many of them carried over from the day before. I try to focus on the 3 most important, and
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