To-do Lists and Stress

The Time Academy Podcast with Tom O'Leary is a time management podcast that asks questions of our relationship with time.

Welcome to Episode 9 - To-do Lists and Stress

The Episode at a Glance

* To-do lists are supposed to be helpful, right?

* Sure, given our complex lives, they can help calm our brains, which have a tendency to hang on to the undone and the unfinished.

* And yet, for many people they turn into millstones, nagging them about what remains to be done rather than congratulating them on what has been done.

* So, are your to-do lists more a source of stress or a source of satisfaction?

* This episode explores one potential way of using to-do lists but the key is finding a system that truly serves you.

Provocative thought from poet David Whyte:

* “The great tragedy of the to-do list is that it was put together by the person you were yesterday.”

If you find the reflections useful, please share them. I would also love to get your feedback and hear your stories so please feel free to email me at hello @ tomoleary.ie

A full transcript is available here: https://www.tomoleary.ie/time-management-podcast/the-time-academy-podcast-episode-9-to-do-lists-and-stress/

About Tom O'Leary

Tom's focus is on building bridges to regenerative futures.

His primary offering – through a process he calls Ecological Coaching – is about supporting leaders as they transition their organisations.

It involves expanding mindsets, enhancing skillsets and evolving organisational structures all in service of life.

In working with clients, Tom realised that a key enabler of any transition is reimagining our relationship with time.

Busyness limits our ability to imagine what might be.

And unless we create space to imagine what might be, we will certainly never build it!

If any of this resonates, please reach out to Tom at [email protected] or learn about his vision for possible regenerative futures. 

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