Reevaluate your to-do list with a not-to-do list today

From time to time you’ll find yourself doing and doing, working and working but not really enjoying life.

I was staying up late to catch up with work and getting up early to attend meetings. This is when I told myself that is time to reevaluate my to-do list.

To be clear, I have a YES problem that I’ve trying to overcome for a long time now. I tend to take more than I can handle. I tend to say yes, to way too many things.

Don’t get me wrong when I say yes, at the moment I think they are a good idea but when reality sets in and I’m not exercising, I’m eating junk food more than I should, some areas of the business fall short just like in life then is time to reevaluate the to-do list.

In this situation, you want to look for two things.

1. What I am doing that I should not be doing?
2. What I am doing that I should be doing more of?
3. What do I want to start doing?

Currently, what I am doing that I should not be doing. When it was the last time you reflected on the things you do day in and day out to see if they are helping you get closer to your goals and if they are not, what can we do about that?

1. Video editing – because I enjoy more the recording process.
2. Website creatives – Because there are more talented people that can help me.
3. Posting on social medial – Don’t get me wrong, I believe that most business owners should post themselves to social media but if you are not consistent, you are winging it or you are ready to scale you should delegate this task.
4. Checking email first thing in the morning.
5. Scrolling through social media first thing in the morning.

What I am doing that I should be doing more of is:

• Take behind the scenes pictures and videos to use on my marketing.
• Attending networking events.
• Publishing one video per day.
• Having a good night of sleep.

Your list will look completely different, but if you answer the two questions you’ll have a good start.

1. What I am doing that I should not be doing?
2. What I am doing that I should be doing more of?

You want to reevaluate your to-do list because if you are anything like me, you will find that you are doing things that are holding you back, and you want to stop doing them, or you want to delegate them.

Resource: A good book to read about delegating and outsourcing is “Virtual Freedom” by Chris Ducker.

How about you?

What things should you stop doing?