Comments on: Do the Things That Need Doing | 2143

By: Tracy Durnell

Tracy Durnell — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 19:52:26 +0000

I saw someone post a (kind) reminder to go back and read your saved for later articles. I’m here to tell you you don’t have…

By: Packed Calendar - thejaymo

Packed Calendar - thejaymo — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 10:30:06 +0000

[…] Jan 1st I sat down for 2 hours and wrote a huge list of things that need doing. A massive brain dump of all sorts of things that needed addressing, updating, sorting out etc. I […]

By: Discipline Doesn’t Arrive On Its Own | Weeknotes - thejaymo

Discipline Doesn’t Arrive On Its Own | Weeknotes - thejaymo — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 21:15:00 +0000

[…] know what needs to be done. I need to do the things that need doing. But here I am, standing in the cold, pulling at the […]

By: The Fear of Finding Out | 2201 - thejaymo

The Fear of Finding Out | 2201 - thejaymo — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:13:24 +0000

[…] To actually do the things that need doing, is to answer the question. […]

By: Reaching Enlightenment on Todoist - thejaymo

Reaching Enlightenment on Todoist - thejaymo — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 06:40:53 +0000

[…] you can all go home now. I’ve done all the things that need doing – there’s nothing left to […]

By: My Todolist Over Time | 2406 - thejaymo

My Todolist Over Time | 2406 - thejaymo — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 15:47:50 +0000

[…] is a thread I’ve been pulling on for months now. Do the Things That Need Doing and Dealing With Procrastination in November. The Urgent Anxiety of December and January’s Fear […]

By: Tracy Durnell

Tracy Durnell — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 07:01:30 +0000

An ephemeral list of articles I’d like to write about so I don’t feel like I have to keep the tab open in my browser as a reminder 😂 Maybe I’m not sure what to say about it, maybe I just need to think about it a little more, maybe it struck me and I’m…

By: One Thing at a Time | 2204 - thejaymo

One Thing at a Time | 2204 - thejaymo — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 13:59:59 +0000

[…] is a thread I’ve been pulling on for months now. Do the Things That Need Doing and Dealing With Procrastination in November. The Urgent Anxiety of December and January’s […]

By: 10 Tips For Creating Online | 2229 - thejaymo

10 Tips For Creating Online | 2229 - thejaymo — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 11:58:27 +0000

[…] The demonstration of effort, the work of the body, becomes practice. […]

By: Step Away From Noise | 2244 - thejaymo

Step Away From Noise | 2244 - thejaymo — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 11:48:01 +0000

[…] all the things I wanted to create and make in 2022. How I wanted to actually do all the things that needed doing. So to bookend the year, I ask myself the same question I did in […]

By: 'Medium Effort' Items | Weeknotes - thejaymo

'Medium Effort' Items | Weeknotes - thejaymo — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 17:02:47 +0000

[…] of the most annoying things about having ideas for ambitious projects and then not executing on them is that they hang around in the mind as open […]

By: There Will Be Crisis | 2310 - thejaymo

There Will Be Crisis | 2310 - thejaymo — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 20:45:13 +0000

[…] Found rhythm amidst domestic movements and the turning of the stars. A space and time in which to do the doing. A stable platform on which to do the work. It is in this environment that the artist gets things […]

By: 279 - Packed Calendar | Weeknotes - thejaymo

279 - Packed Calendar | Weeknotes - thejaymo — Sun, 22 Jan 2023 18:34:27 +0000

[…] 1st I sat down for 2 hours and wrote a huge list of things that need doing. A massive brain dump of all sorts of things that needed addressing, updating, sorting out etc. I […]

By: Lost in the Woods | 2301 - thejaymo

Lost in the Woods | 2301 - thejaymo — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 15:18:50 +0000

[…] Ignoring the obvious point that doing so would not in any way resolve the issue of not knowing where one was or […]

By: The Doing | 2237 - thejaymo

The Doing | 2237 - thejaymo — Sat, 15 Oct 2022 17:55:20 +0000

[…] The frustrated writer enjoys the idea of The Dream Thing more than they enjoy The Work. And this prevents The Doing of The Dream. […]