I’ve always been a planner. When I was a kid, I would make these little checklists with arbitrary things on them like “Play outside”, “Ask mom for cookies” and even "Go to the bathroom”. As I got older, the things got bigger. I started having real responsibilities. I started setting goals. Now my life is more complicated. I just don’t have as much time to focus on the little things. Sometimes it feels like I am drowning in little things. We all want to be more productive, but most of us are too overwhelmed and distracted to ever build enough momentum.

"Did you publish that blog post yet?" "No, but I did clean my desk, sort my email inbox, and re-organize my entire bookshelf by last name." Funny how when we have something important to do, we suddenly find a million other problems to solve.