What should I stop doing?
Three recurring things to stop, each with the evidence, the hours it returns and a graceful way out.
- When to use
- When your list only ever grows and nothing ever comes off it.
- Time
- 10 min
- In the pack
- The year in review Step 6 of 7
The prompt
My list only grows. Help me write a stop-doing list. Ask me up to seven questions, one at a time, about what recurs in my weeks: standing meetings, favors, chores, side projects, and things I do because I always have. Use some of those questions to find out what would happen if each one quietly stopped. Then give me three things to stop, do less often, or hand back. For each one: the evidence from my answers, roughly how many hours a month it returns, who would notice, and a first move to exit well. Don’t flatter me, and don’t pick only the easy ones. Mark your guesses. Be direct. No padding and no reassurance I did not ask for.
From everything you know about me, write my stop-doing list. Name three recurring things I should stop, do less often, or hand back. For each one, show the evidence from our past conversations, roughly how many hours a month it returns, who would notice, and a first move to exit well. Separate what you know from what you’re inferring. Don’t flatter me, and don’t pick only the easy ones. Be direct. No padding and no reassurance I did not ask for.
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