On: Ask HN: Again: The “I want to do everything but end up doing nothing” dilemma

[moron4hire]

I've found it useful, in periods of analysis paralysis and burnout, to throw away all my to-do lists, archive all my projects, and start from scratch.

The backlog weighs heavily on my current efforts. So starting from scratch ditches the burden. Then, once I've made actual forward progress, I can go back to the archives and figure out how to work the new stuff in.

[alex_suzuki → moron4hire]

Do you archive or delete todo items? :-) I find that archiving is far less satisfactory - finality is important.

[moron4hire → alex_suzuki]

Code I archive. Todo items I delete. If it's important, it'll come back up again.