Found something helpful for to-do list avoidance
Hi, all! I’ve been doing something recently that has been super helpful, and I wanted to share in case it helps anyone else. I’ve been avoiding a zillion little things around my house. And some bigger things. I had the idea to write every thing down, fold the papers, throw them in a bag, and draw items at random, committing to doing whatever the paper says.
Things that feel harder (for me, listing things on Poshmark), I wrote on a different color paper. So I know to pull one of those colors when I’m riding the high of completing easier tasks (“wipe outside of fridge”). Things that take a long time (like conquering my laundry mountain), I broke into chunks, so there are multiple “30 min of laundry”, “20 min laundry”, etc. papers. And I also broke things down into pretty small steps. So, not “clean the living room”, but “vacuum living room”, “put away toys in living room”, etc.
Anyway, TBD if this is a long-term hack, but it’s working for the moment!