Hi, my name is Chelsea, and I’m a listaholic. At any given time, I have multiple lists outlining chores to do, people to call, things to buy, etc. Even the fun stuff somehow makes its way into list form, from movies to watch and books to read to places to visit.
Sound familiar? If you, too, live by the list, consider this: How many of those list items ever get done—and how many of them really need to get done? Sure, it would be great to finally send in that $15 rebate or reorganize your file cabinet. But, by constantly nagging yourself about accomplishing these not-so-consequential tasks, they wind up hanging like millstones around your neck. Who needs that added anxiety?
“In the rush of our intense workdays, our instinct is to focus on ever-expanding to-do lists,” says Matthew Cornell, a personal-productivity specialist and a consultant at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. “This is natural—being busy feels like being effective. But fixating on doing takes us away from two important things: doing what has the biggest impact on the bottom line (ours or our organization’s) and reexamining at a higher level what we’re doing in the first place.”
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Credit: Chelsea Greenwood | Success Magazine
