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A very short to-do list

Three items a day, and why the third one is always the hard one.

For years my to-do list was a museum of good intentions. Now it has fivethree lines, written every morning, by hand.

  • One thing that moves work forward.
  • One thing that moves me forward.
  • One thing I've been avoiding.

If all three are done by lunch, the afternoon is a gift. If none are, tomorrow's list starts with the same three — no guilt, just the same three.

— M.