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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The problem with the Daily Minimum was that it was too, well, minimal<\/em>. 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 … Continue reading