TaskPaper and To-Do List Bankruptcy Without the Trauma

[timriley]

http://icelab.com.au/articles/taskpaper-and-to-do-list-bankruptcy-without-the-trauma/

[michaelhoney]

Un-done to-dos are like unread books on the shelf: they tell us who we wanted to be. The fact that we haven't done them tells us who we really are.

[gwern → michaelhoney]

> "Your calendar never lies. All we have is our time. The way we spend our time _is_ our priorities, _is_ our 'strategy'. Your calendar knows what you really care about. Do you?"

--Tom Peters

[timriley → michaelhoney]

Great point. A good reason to keep them around in some form, even if you only revisit them occasionally.

[timriley]

I had about 400 yet-to-be-completed items in my to-do list before I started afresh. Seemed like way too many. How about you?