I have always had a to do list…even back in high school — I had a Palm Handspring! Now, in an effort to rethink, how I get things done: I am considering adopting this idea that I read about in Daniel Pink’s The Flip: To Don’t List. Here are some ideas for keeping a to don’t list:
- Don’t keep checking my email
- Don’t keep my phone on me all day
- Don’t eat and watch TV
- Don’t eat 2 hours before I go to bed
- Don’t get out of bed without taking a deep breath
- Don’t hang out with negative people
- Don’t be mean
- Don’t get ahead of yourself
- Don’t rush
- Don’t look at your iPhone before you go to sleep and right when you wake up
As Mark Twain said, “If I had more time, I would have written you a shorter letter?” In the same way, what we leave out of our day-to-day is just as important as what we leave in. What about you?
