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One thing I did to address exactly this (way too many items in Someday/Maybe to review effectively every week) was to separate the list into two: - Someday (I'

One thing I did to address exactly this (way too many items in Someday/Maybe to review effectively every week) was to separate the list into two: - Someday (I'm 90% sure I am going to do this, but I'm not actively working on it right now). This gets looked at during my weekly review. - Maybe (I might do this at some point, but I'm 90% sure I won't do it in the next month). This gets looked at during my monthly review.

BeetleB 4y ago
Yes, this is similar to my intermediate list above (probably should call it "Backlog"). These are things I must do - just not now. For the "Maybe", to be frank, I just stopped updating it. Instead I now have a sort of bucket list: Things I'd really like to do before I die. Even if I can't do all, I should be able to do quite a bit of these. It's basically a "higher priority" Maybe list. The idea is when a random thought pops up into my head ("Write a blog post on X"), I ask myself "Does this belong in the bucket list?" If not: "Wouldn't my time be better spent on the bucket list?" If yes, I just discard the thought. Sure, it'll pop into my head often, but why bother adding it to my "Maybe" list if I can't be bothered to review that huge list?