My favourite coach blogger, Tim Brownson (A Daring Adventure) posed the challenge to get rid of your "To-Do" list and create instead a "Love To Do" List (as a way of reframing the stuff you are busy with).

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I love the idea of a love to do list, and I’m going to implement that idea as part of my journaling. As for scrapping the to do list, ooooohhh.. I couldn’t… I LOVE my to do list. In fact,when I’m feeling unproductive, I simply add to the list the things I’ve done, and tick them off so I can feel better with the visual result. E.g. brushed my teeth; made sure my son did not damage himself too badly today; Answered the phone.. you get the drift.


The best thing about writing a list is that, for me, it is like transferring it from my head to a physical piece of paper.. as though writing it down is already halfway there. Just so long as it doesn’t get above itself and start to get the impression it’s the boss of me..

So maybe lists are a little like goals - they can be great tools for getting things done, so long as they don't rule you, or stop you from actually getting on with things, or let you take yourself too seriously.