In case you still aren’t list-satisfied, what about a Ta-Da list? Gretchen Rubin taught me this one too. Here’s her podcast episode about it if you want to know more, but the basic idea is that, instead of a “To-Do” list telling you what to do, you make a “Ta-Da” list celebrating the things you have already done.

When I say I like things to stay the same, I think I really mean it. I just ate the very same omelet I eat every day at this time, and these are the twelve Moleskin planners I’ve used for the last twelve years.

I made a whole “21 for 2021” list back at the start of the year. But even then, I had the feeling that 21 goals was too many. Within a couple weeks, I noticed that small things on the list (goals not even that important to me) were taking mental energy away from the more important things. My attention was too divided and I couldn't focus.