Pushing Reset on Todoist

I spent the last two weeks helping my entire household (including me) recover from a nasty daycare-acquired cold. We’ve had multiple doctors and urgent care visits and several sleepless nights. Now that we are all getting better, it’s time to organize a few things.

At the end of last week, I caught up on email, did some planning for upcoming blog content, worked on a few blog posts, and read. I also went through and deleted or rescheduled everything in Todoist. Doing this took about 15 minutes and was less complicated than I had expected it to be. It felt good to hit the reset button as we headed into the weekend.

My primary job right now is as a stay-at-home dad, so much of what was on my Todoist was related to this site, household chores, or other similar tasks. As a result, my task list debt was not as significant as when I had my corporate job, but it was still piling up. It was freeing, and I even removed a few tasks I had yet to finish but hadn’t felt ready to delete.

The time away forced an audit, which I haven’t routinely done in quite a while. However, I will start doing it again, even if it’s just five minutes weekly and fifteen minutes monthly. Keeping my Todoist organized and up to date is helpful in all aspects of my life.

Doist, the company that makes Todoist, has an article about task management bankruptcy. It’s worth a read, especially if you are feeling overwhelmed and want to burn it all down. You won’t be the first, and no doubt others will do the same in the future.