Why I Stopped Writing Lists

And Reclaimed Time to Get Things Done

Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash

I used to be a list person. I’d make to-do lists at the start of each day to map out what I was going to do or wanted to do.

The lists weren’t all that big. Maybe three to five items that needed to get done that day.

As I worked through a day, I felt a sense of accomplishment by checking off the items I…