The Why Behind The Running List

I've been wokring hard to find solutions to some of my mental blocks when it comes to getting more stuff done around the house. I came across a tip in a book that suggested one way to help with mental overwhelm was to write things down as soon as they come to mind. The idea being if you dont write it down it just lives in your brain and you're spending energy to remember all the things you need to do.

For me some of these things are just "that would be nice" and "someday" type of things. Most of it is not worth taking up mental space for but I know its just living in the back of my brain adding to the list of reason why I feel constantly overwhelmed and stuck in task paralysis.

So...the plan moving forward is to keep a pen and paper handy so I can write down literally every single thought that comes to mind and just get it out of my brain. Maybe weekly I'll transfer my new stuff to the blog post called The Running List and update anything that has been completed. When I tell you I'm writing down everyting, I literally mean everything. I've already strated and some of the stuff seems so small but it really does take up a lot of mental energy just sitting in there.

Once I have the list going, I'll make it part of my monday reset to look at the list and pick a few tasks to take on that week. There is no order or hierarchy to my list so what I choose to do on a given week will be pretty random, just stuff that I think I can acomplish in that week. Some stuff will get pushed to the front of the list and some stuff will be there for a while before I'm able to prioritize it.

Some of the stuff on the list is just stuff that I want to buy for the house but it doesn't make sense to buy a bunch of stuff I'm not ready to utilize and if i just bought everything that came to mind as it came to mind I think my credit card would melt! Also, remember I am trying to declutter so there's that.

Now that I think about it maybe I'll categorize my list or color code it... let me get into it and see how it goes.

Off to start the list on my next post. But I'll link to it so fear not!