There is a guy on YouTube who does short form interviews with billionaires and other high net worth individuals on the street. I’m unsurprised he has grown his channel to 20 million subs.
One particular big dog gave a piece of advice I have been mulling over for the past few days. He looked around a crowded London street and asked “how many people here do you think has a to-do list, everyone?”
Probably not everyone, but yeah, a good number of people keep a to do list either online, on paper, or if they’re foolish, in their head.
But how many people have a “not to do list”, of things they’re NOT going to do. I haven’t thought of ever creating one, but it makes sense. There are things that we know steal our time, energy, attention, capacity, and joy. Putting them on a not to do list would be probably just as helpful as “do the laundry”.
To stoke a bit of crowd participation, reply to this email with your suggestion on what should be on my “not to do” list and I’ll commit to it for 72 hours and write about my experience.