Cross-out lists are cool

Do you know that feeling when you are able to cross out a task on your list, after finishing it, watching how your list shrinks and shrinks?

Well I love it, so here’s my list for the next actions I need to take for Zen to Done:

The bad side of Todo Lists/Context Lists

Although it is not the topic of this post, let’s first start with the positive aspects. The good thing is that you actually see, that you manage something. Yesterday I had a lot of tasks on my list, that I managed to cross out. This gave me a lot of motivation.

For today that is different. I did not manage to cross out one thing yet. And as crossing out a lot of stuff gives you motivation, the opposite also gives you the opposite feeling – it’s quite depressing, somehow.