Monday Tip Change your to-do list to a could-do list - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Monday Tip Change your to-do list to a could-do list - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog Are you also burdened by your todo-list? Feeling the pressure of overdue items screaming at you in red? Want to stop procrastinating and do something about it? Heres a tip from Hilda Carroll, who wrote me with a great idea that you can try this Monday: I saw your request for tips, and this is something I?ve been doing for several months now when I noticed my ?To Do? list was generating a sense of frustration. Now, I write a ?Could Do? list, instead of a ?To Do? list. When I draw up my daily lists of tasks I refuse to see it as stuff I have to get done. When I did that in the past, I?d feel a sense of dissatisfaction at the end of the day when I didn?t have everything ticked off, despite the fact that I knew when I wrote it, it was highly unlikely I?d get to everything. It?s a tiny shift, but by viewing it as a list of things I could do today, I?m relieving the pressure to get them all done. It feels like there?s more of an element of choice around how I spend my time ? I don?t have to do x today, I could leave it till tomorrow and focus more attention on y today instead. Now, at the end of the day, I don?t mind how many ticks I do or don?t have against the items on my list, and I feel better about my day?s work because there is no shadow from what I should have done and didn?t. I think thats a fantastic idea. Its a subtle shift inside your own mind that is likely to help you get started. In my experience, taking the pressure off yourself makes you more likely to get stuff done. Which is of course a sharp contrast to traditional business thinking which holds that greater pressure = greater performance. If youre still not getting your could-do items done, you can also read my previous post on How to procrastinate effectively. The Chief Happiness Officers Monday tips are simple, easy, fun things you can do to make yourself and others happy at work and get the work-week off to a great start. Something everyone can do in five minutes, tops. When you try it, write a comment here to tell me how it went. Previous monday tips. Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related