> ever-growing list of tasks that you can never finish creates stress and inhibits your motivation
Is an actual thing. Our brain gets overloaded that way while it keeps track of tasks in the background, requiring energy and memory. Writing stuff down helps, but it's still _there_.
You actually have to cross it out or clearly discriminate ideas and actual tasks you want to do and can do within a reasonable time frame.
Move "ideas" into "todos" with intent.
And by the way this:
> ever-growing list of tasks that you can never finish creates stress and inhibits your motivation
Is an actual thing. Our brain gets overloaded that way while it keeps track of tasks in the background, requiring energy and memory. Writing stuff down helps, but it's still _there_.
You actually have to cross it out or clearly discriminate ideas and actual tasks you want to do and can do within a reasonable time frame.