Is this still a thing? Idk.

For me I feel like this has devolved into me rambling and talking about doing things a lot, but then never actually doing them, and then just giving lots of excuses as to why. That’s not what I want this to be but that’s where I’m at right now. So acknowledgement, this is the bad place, it is what it is and I’m sorry.

Moving on!

I read a really cool article today – Three Simple rules for writing good to-do tasks – and I looked at my to-do list, and then at the list of ‘bad examples’ and did a massive /facepalm because yes this is what my list looked like.

To be succinct I was writing tasks as like ‘write AMR fic’ which should be a project because that has sooooo many micro-tasks in it, like plan the fic, draft it, edit it, and that doesn’t even take into account how long it takes because writing will be multiple sessions.

I’m a Pavlov person, I like ticking things off lists, I like the whoosh of a ‘level up’, it’s little wonder I get addicted to games like Warcraft where you can systematically get that hit with a ding on a frequent basis.

So my to do list might be helping me not forget stuff but it’s not helping me actually do it. I mean I look at the list and just ignore it. So I know, I know, it’s like yet another ‘productivity system’ idea which will probably do absolutely nothing to motivate my lazy ass but hey, anything is worth a try right? It might help, it might not, but I won’t know unless I give it a go and here’s the kicker – I need something to change. I’m not achieving anything right now, I’m not writing, I’m not drawing, I’m not reading (*cries* there’s so much fic I want to read), I’m struggling to even do the basics of living like feeding myself.

Ok so on the new and improved written list I have this months drawing project, a secret Rumbelle thing 🙂 🙂 and this months AMR prompt “don’t fall in love” for which I have a couple of notes on my phone, some swirling ideas in my brain and nothing else.

I have 11 days according to my deadline on the to-do app. Let’s see if I can actually manage it this time *rolls eyes at self*