This method is interesting to me and I’d like to get into it someday. Personally I keep finding that whenever I decline to write something down, that one thing will come back to bite me a few days later (because I’d forgotten it). Do you find that you’re able to mentally keep track of things better than before, even if they’re just vaguely in the back of your mind?
So far I’ve not had this issue (i.e, …that one thing will come back to bite me a few days later...) with my obligations but have had it with some private projects. Infrequently referencing my obligations in to-do list format allows them to stress me adequately, as they occur first on my mind and aren’t detracted from by the gravity of the other tasks I have, which would be easily visible and “present” if on a nearby to-do list.
Having a complex task system containing both job-related obligations and private work tasks somewhat deprioritizes the job-related obligations for me[1], relative to how I believe most people might prioritize their job-related obligations, and the near absence of my multiple to-do lists has allowed me, of late, to “calibrate my stress” (the levels of stress I mention here are not severe).
Do you find that you’re able to mentally keep track of things better than before...
I am better mentally able to keep track of job-related obligations (which, for the time being and as far as I’ve surmised, are more important than my private projects / tasks) but less able to remember private project tasks. The magnitude of a task that comes to mind naturally is felt more strongly than if I had proceeded through the same task from a list. I’ve been tackling tasks that cause me higher levels of stress sooner.
Why? I expect that I have more trouble than is average separating “job” versus “non-job” work, meaning that how much I value one over the other oscillates.
This method is interesting to me and I’d like to get into it someday. Personally I keep finding that whenever I decline to write something down, that one thing will come back to bite me a few days later (because I’d forgotten it). Do you find that you’re able to mentally keep track of things better than before, even if they’re just vaguely in the back of your mind?
So far I’ve not had this issue (i.e, …that one thing will come back to bite me a few days later...) with my obligations but have had it with some private projects. Infrequently referencing my obligations in to-do list format allows them to stress me adequately, as they occur first on my mind and aren’t detracted from by the gravity of the other tasks I have, which would be easily visible and “present” if on a nearby to-do list.
Having a complex task system containing both job-related obligations and private work tasks somewhat deprioritizes the job-related obligations for me [1], relative to how I believe most people might prioritize their job-related obligations, and the near absence of my multiple to-do lists has allowed me, of late, to “calibrate my stress” (the levels of stress I mention here are not severe).
I am better mentally able to keep track of job-related obligations (which, for the time being and as far as I’ve surmised, are more important than my private projects / tasks) but less able to remember private project tasks. The magnitude of a task that comes to mind naturally is felt more strongly than if I had proceeded through the same task from a list. I’ve been tackling tasks that cause me higher levels of stress sooner.
Why? I expect that I have more trouble than is average separating “job” versus “non-job” work, meaning that how much I value one over the other oscillates.