Filing this under: not today
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Most people’s to-do lists are just dumping grounds. They write things like:
All in the same place. All with equal urgency. Which means every time they open their list, they’re hit with shame and indecision. But you? You have a Someday bucket. A separate list for ideas that aren’t for today—but still matter. You don’t delete them. You don’t obsess over them. You put them somewhere safe—and move on. Right? |
Peter Akkies
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