Roast my idea: Eliminate to make room for important tasks
I've been thinking of building a Not-To-Do list app.
"The only To-Do list that honors you for not doing your (less important and time-consuming) tasks"
Onboarding: Get you through a curated list of tasks or habits most of us do, but shouldn't.
The result: a Not-To-Do list with prefilled selected tasks. And of course, everything else that you want to systematically eliminate to make room for more important tasks, or even just to have more free time.
Email once a week/month of your Not-To-Does, as a reminder and a checklist. If you hit "Not completed" - nice things will come to you.
I'd hate this in my email because I use my email as a to-do list. But I love the idea. I'm also playing with this idea in decreasing bad habits. Creating a google sheet streak tracker called Dark Habits. Mostly to show off what a dark template might look and feel like in google sheets. But it's also to track a few things I want to stop doing. But wondering too what's the best way to get input for something I don't want to think about or do.
Check out what @johnnymakes made with ZeroPercent Club I already use this and love it.
A telegram bot that asks did you drink yesterday? and I only have to click yes or no. that's it. not a list. nothing to think about. nothing bothering me but a telegram bot. It's in my hand, not my head.
Glad you like the idea, @AndrewKamphey. And thanks for your opinion on the email -
I’ll concider changing to a different medium . Your example from @johnnymakes is awesome. Just love the simplicity of this bot.
I've been reading about this philosophy of declaring what you won't do, and I think it's promising, so I like this idea for that. :)
I don't think the onboarding approach make sense (for me at least): things most of us do but shouldn't sounds like bad habits, not specific tasks I want to eliminate for more focus.
But in general, it'll be hard to switch if the new one doesn't offer most of the features, UX, and integrations the "normal" ones have, so that's something to consider. Though I like the email idea--could you put the whole thing in email or some other format than an app to eliminate the cost of switching?
That is a good idea and something to consider. The Not-To-Do list can't replace an existing to-do list, so figuring out what which makes an impact, without adding one more list might be important.
Do you find a list of tasks not doing valuble, or would it be better and more valuable to change habits instead?