{"id":2325,"date":"2015-04-23T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?p=2325"},"modified":"2017-03-24T17:57:44","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T21:57:44","slug":"the-terrible-task-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/the-terrible-task-list\/","title":{"rendered":"The Terrible Task List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Terrible Task List\" href=\"#\" rel=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The Terrible Task List\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7722\/16612532534_fd9eb92746.jpg\" alt=\"The Terrible Task List\" height=\"417\" width=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What non-daily jobs do you dislike the most?<\/p>\n<p>For me, it is errands (agghh&#8230;.they feel so purposeless&#8230;.then you have to come home and put things away\/cook things\/organize\/store\/sort&#8230;) and little tasks like writing a letter\/email explaining something or preparing a package to mail or cleaning a stack of something&#8230;.etc.<\/p>\n<p>For those jobs I dislike, I do the following:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>1. Make a list for the week<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Find student&#8217;s contest paper and edit it<\/li>\n<li>Write letter of recommendation and email it<\/li>\n<li>Sort Christmas receipts and invoices<\/li>\n<li>Clean out purse<\/li>\n<li>Clean corner of bedroom where I have stacked things<\/li>\n<li>Print off library list and gather items\/put in drop<\/li>\n<li>Print off recipes for cooking day<\/li>\n<li>Sort new free make up I just got<\/li>\n<li>Pack editing bag for the week<\/li>\n<li>Print off editing docs for the week<\/li>\n<li>Clean out go bag<\/li>\n<li>Refill cleaners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>2. Prioritize them A or B or C<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>A.<\/strong> I will definitely do this week<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>B.<\/strong> I really should get to<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>C.<\/strong> Could move to next week&#8217;s list if needed<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>3. Then I do one task a day off of it<\/h3>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. I can do one boring task a day and move on. I don&#8217;t have to let this list get so unbearably long that I hate thinking of tackling it. One thing a day.<\/p>\n<p>If you find those &#8220;extras&#8221; always piling up, you might want to try this. Granted, if you are a &#8220;gonna make my way through this entire list this afternoon or else&#8221; kind of person, then keep doing it the way that works best for you.<\/p>\n<p>But if you continue to look at stacks, papers, sticky note reminders, etc., because you hate trivial tasks, then give this method a try. Your list will eventually get smaller. You won\u2019t dread doing the tasks. And you can focus on the things you enjoy doing! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; What non-daily jobs do you dislike the most? 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