Join by adding your own to-don't list items.
We all have to-do lists. Just for today, I’m creating a To-Don’t list. Things I can let go of, not care about, not do. Ahhh, it feels better already.
To-Don’t
—Spend all day doing laundry instead of enjoying last of the cool, sunshiny weather.
—Dust all the blinds after the last few days of wind and pollen.
—Drop by other people’s blogs, leaving my website and blogsite so I can get their readers over to my site.
—Answer that angry email with an angrier email. That’ll show ’em. Make ’em feel sorry, too.
—Tell my best friend what she should have done in that confrontation with her boss; advise (unasked) my spouse how to look better for that first meeting at work; fix my client’s need for attention.
—Find other people’s mistakes and point them out, along with my expertise in these matters. Maybe snag a few clients by showing off what I know. Really put myself out there.
—Start six new projects, but with no idea why or what they are supposed to be.
That’s my to-don’t list for today–things I want to walk away from and not get involved with. What’s on your To-Don’t list? Leave a comment.
QuinnCreative 
Love this blog theme/template of yours, by the way, extremely cool.
It’s real bare bones, but it seems to do the trick. I’d prefer if it had a slightly more visual way to search the last 3.5 years of blog posts I’ve written!
Nice blog post, Quinn! I wrote a post on this topic a while back: http://www.positivityblog.com/index.php/2008/06/16/7-ways-to-reduce-stress-with-a-to-dont-list/
To don’t lists rock! 🙂
To don’t lists, do, indeed, rock!
The #1 spot on my To-Don’t List this week is to NOT get discouraged or down on myself when there are no ‘hits’ to my social networking page or my blog. Kinda like your note re: leaving your blog to get readers over to it. This week my focus is to post as much of my fantasticly creative work as I can and want, and also to post the progress…in this way whenever I visit my pages, I can remind myself how far I’ve come, and how great it all looks!
Blogs are great ways to track what we are doing so we can see the movement in our work. It’s hard not to become addicted to blog stats, though. Silly, but hard.
To not care that although i started four things today and only finished one. I will rejoice in that one!
It’s true, rejoice in what you have completed, not what’s left to be done!
To Don’t List:
– Sit in front of the computer and process photos instead of going out on this delightful sunny day (and maybe take a few more photos)
– Drag out that really old to-do list that has been languishing in the back of the drawer because no one wants (or cares) to do what is on the list. That item — doing the OLD to-do list — was on my new to-do list; I’m crossing it off completely.
– Spend time worrying whether or not I should make a certain phone call.
Ahhhhhh — now that certainly feels a lot better. Thanks, Quinn.
Really, I’m glad I could help!
DOn’t spend all day on the Internet — I gotta get to pilates today!
Well, next time you come by, I’ll say hi!
Quinn
On my to-don’t list is to not beat myself up over anything I have or have not done today.
Excellent, no beating of self is a great way to handle creativity!