Hi there you are listening to the Lazy Genius Podcast. I'm Kendra Adachi and I'm here to help you be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don't.

Today is episode 362. A simple strategy for your to-do list. Y'all know I love

helping us deal with all of our to-do list issues. Life is full of things to do and

sometimes we feel buried in all that wants our attention.

So today's episode is a short and sweet look at one simple strategy that might make a ton of difference for you.

First off, let's set the foundation like we always do.

Because before we start talking about what we can do,

it is important to identify how we see what we do.

We've got to figure out the why before we get to the how. To do lists are in essence a way for us to remember what we need to do and keep us on track in getting it done, right? Pretty simple. There are plenty of ways to maintain a to-do list. I'll go over some of those later in the

episode, but the first big picture thing here is to remember that a to-do list is a tool for us to use.

It is not in charge. It is not the boss. It is not real outside of our own making.

It's literally a piece of paper or like a digital piece of paper with mostly arbitrary often disconnected things

waiting to be checked off. And we can get in the trap of treating the list like

it is the boss, like we are at its mercy and we are not. Now of course there are urgent things that we need to get done.

But the to-do list itself just needs to be taken down a couple notches. Like it's getting way

too haughty over there, thinking it runs the world. It has to have like color-coordinated

outfits and custom checkoff boxes all the time. It's just no. It's just a list of things to do so you don't forget them.

It's a tool for you, okay?

The next, I want to remind you that life is not about how much we can get done.

Our goal is not to achieve everything possible day after day. Living is so much more than

accomplishment. In fact, accomplishment, depending on what it is and what it requires of us, occasionally

gets in the way of living.

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