I hate to say it, but I may need to bring back the Daily Minimum. The Daily Minimum was a short list of tasks that I forced myself do every day during the early stages of the Pandemic. It helped me stay on a more even keel emotionally, to get more exercise, and to better keep up with certain ongoing chores, such as laundry. Right now I could definitely use some help in those departments.
The problem with the Daily Minimum was that it was too, well, minimal. That was actually both its greatest strength (because it wasn’t hard to accomplish) and its greatest flaw (because it didn’t lead to any great accomplishment). I could have added more tasks to the daily list, but resisted, fearing that I might accidentally make it onerous and hard to keep track of.
If I decide to bring the Daily Minimum back, I’ll have to add some tasks to it. But they’ll have to be things that are eminently doable and low-stress and that also provide a lot of bang for the buck. And maybe I should create two different lists: one for workdays and one for weekends. I’m not sure what would be best. I’ll be thinking about this more during the coming week.