Recently, I've been asking myself questions instead of a list "I need to do". For example, instead of "do: xyz", more "why do I need to do xyz?", "is this important? when will you come back to it?", "did you do xyz?" and then responding to it - huh why did I not think of this earlier?

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Part of this comes from a realization that most of my todo lists weren’t getting done because context surrounding why or how or why etc was generally missing, it also just feels so much more forgiving, and easy to do - answer the question first and then do things, allows for planning and thinking things through

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Reminds me when a friend sends a link in a chat but doesn't include any context of why it's interesting.

it’s all about questioning the ‘why’ behind tasks

reminds me of the "5 Whys" method, popularized by Sakichi Toyoda. By asking "why" repeatedly, you drill down to the root of a problem or task, gaining deeper understanding and insight.