six things
Somehow I came upon this trick from this site:
The Six Most Important Things
If you want to wrangle that “to-do” list, give this a try:
List of Six (6) most important things to do
Make a list, before going to bed, of the 6 most important things to do the next day.
You rank them in order. 1 to 6. Top to bottom.
Doing it before going to bed sets some intention so you hit the ground running.
The game works this way:
You start with task number one, the most important thing to get done, and you don’t budge off it to the next one until it’s finished.
It’s that simple.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t finish all 6 things.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t finish task #1.
If you don’t finish something, you just pick up where you left off the next day.
This way, you guarantee that you are addressing the most important things.
It takes a lot of focus and discipline.
I don’t believe life needs to be this black and white (life has a way of presenting things spontaneously that might call for our immediate attention and attending to, and how about mixing in some fun things on the list to break it up, like a reward, although I’m wary of that word and even the notion of a reward).
Give it a try.
See what works for you.
What matters is what works for you.
David Levingston
Like everyone, I have different sides. Counselor, photographer, writer, cooker of food – both spicy and plain, and seeker of truth and happiness. I have always taken an interest in the unassuming things that pass us by – both heard and seen, both ordinary and not so ordinary. They are all sacred and beautiful in some way.