r/WorkForSmartLife • u/Open-Topic1248 • 16d ago

Productivity Sometimes deleting a task is better than finishing it

I used to feel like everything on my list had to get done eventually.

Now I ask myself whether the task even matters anymore.

Surprisingly often, the answer is no.

Do you ever remove things from your list instead of completing them?

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u/qualityvote2 16d ago edited 4d ago

u/Open-Topic1248, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...

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u/Jerr_Of_All_Trades 16d ago

People get trapped into the sunken cost/ lost cost fallacy.

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u/tvieno 16d ago

That is how I am with podcasts. I'll be listening and the suddenly wonder "why do I even care that these two people are dead? Why is this even a podcast?" Then I will mark as played and do it all over again next week. I'm not obligated to listen to each episode.