Lists that you can't ever get to the end of are dispiriting.
...but but but... that's all lists, isn't it? I mean, there are an infinite number of Fun Things To Do, and only so much time. So maybe the solution is in how we name things.
A "To Do" list should only have the things that absolutely, positively have to be done - Pay Rent, Wash, Eat Food, Ensure Brakes Work, that sort of thing. Hopefully that list should be short and very manageable, because there's not much that really has to be done.
Then the other list could be titled "It might be nice if one day I...". That might help you to think of it more as a menu of fun stuff you can have if you want. Or not. And the list can get as long as you want it to, because it's not the sort of list that is meant to be completed.
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...but but but... that's all lists, isn't it? I mean, there are an infinite number of Fun Things To Do, and only so much time. So maybe the solution is in how we name things.
A "To Do" list should only have the things that absolutely, positively have to be done - Pay Rent, Wash, Eat Food, Ensure Brakes Work, that sort of thing. Hopefully that list should be short and very manageable, because there's not much that really has to be done.
Then the other list could be titled "It might be nice if one day I...". That might help you to think of it more as a menu of fun stuff you can have if you want. Or not. And the list can get as long as you want it to, because it's not the sort of list that is meant to be completed.
(Well, it would work for me, anyway...)