Watch out now! We are 3 for 3 on our Sunday Sads posts! [Almost didn’t make it!]
Last week an idea came to me rather uneventfully, and without being fully aware of what I was doing, I flipped to a new page in my Black & Red and wrote the words “10 For Today”.
Then, as the day went by, I began listing the things I’d done since that morning, one by one.
I tore out the page and ran through my office hallways screaming at my genius. I had created the antidote for 30% of my daily anxiety! I had created the reverse to-do list! Except the last part didn’t happen because I would never rip a page from my Black & Red, or run through any hallway unless there was a fire. The rest of that tale is true though.
My to-do list typically allots me a huge heaping of Sunday Sads. Usually by Sunday, I realize just how many things aren’t done. And that realization brings on the blues.
My to-do list is like a child: it never stops growing. The best thing I can do for it is prune it as it grows, and tend to its tantrums.
Since that day I’ve done three 10 for Today lists. Writing a 10 for Today gave me the same crisp feeling as scribbling out my to-do’s, without all the guilt and dread. 10 for Today helped me to focus on my accrued accomplishments, rather than the deficit of what needed to be done. I encourage you to try it. Whenever you’re bogged down by the fact that tomorrow is Monday and your Sunday was less than perfectly productive, get out your paper and write the things. Just ten. Just for today.Happy last five minutes of Sunday!
I need to try this. My obsession with to do lists are real. The anxiety of unmarked off items is also real. Maybe I’ll start with a 5 for today. Baby steps.