{"id":8233,"date":"2019-12-20T01:01:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T01:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/discomfort\/?p=8233"},"modified":"2019-12-23T06:09:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T06:09:14","slug":"action-my-not-to-do-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/discomfort\/action-my-not-to-do-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Action my &#8216;Not-To-Do&#8217; List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I consider my To-Do list important and equally important is my &#8216;Not -To-Do&#8217; list.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been highly influenced by Derek Siver&#8217;s concept of &#8216;Hell Yeah or No&#8217;.\u00a0 I only want to do projects that speak to my heart and that I thoroughly enjoy. I no longer care for the rat race. Don&#8217;t get me wrong. I&#8217;m in the race for sure. But it is just with me. I just want to become a better version of myself while having fun, being happy and keeping folks around me happy.<\/p>\n<p>An important aspect of making time to do the things I enjoy is to ensure I have the time for them. I can do this by saving time by not getting sucked into things that I either don&#8217;t enjoy or is not important. I want to do lesser things but do them well. I&#8217;m now focused on finishing the projects. I derive\u00a0joy out of seeing my idea through to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>Here is my &#8216;Not-To-Do List&#8217;. It&#8217;s a work in progress.\u00a0 It&#8217;s always evolving. I continuously keep tweaking the list.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don&#8217;t accept speaking invitations that are outside of my area of specialization. (Digital excellence www.Kiruba.Pro)<\/li>\n<li>Avoid YouTube binge-watching. I start watching a video with the right intention and before I know it, I&#8217;m down the rabbit hole and hours pass by. Need to be focused on purposeful usage of YouTube.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t check my emails, WhatsApp or social media in the morning. Save it up after 9 AM.<\/li>\n<li>Politely turn down meetings where people want to &#8216;pick my brain over coffee&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid the habit of constantly checking my emails and Facebook feed randomly.<\/li>\n<li>Stop reading newspapers.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve long stopped watching TV.<\/li>\n<li>Stop trying to be perfect.\u00a0 Aim for small improvements.<\/li>\n<li>Stop worrying about things outside of my control. I&#8217;ll put my best effort into things under my control.<\/li>\n<li>I don&#8217;t have to please everyone. I&#8217;ll just be myself. If that doesn&#8217;t go well with others, so be it.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid procrastination. Make a start. However small or imperfect it is.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t eat sugary foods. Avoid junk food. Focus more on a healthy diet.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t do everything on my own. I must master the art of delegation.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid negative people. Unfriend them. Unfollow them on social media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I consider my To-Do list important and equally important is my &#8216;Not -To-Do&#8217; list. I&#8217;ve been highly influenced by Derek Siver&#8217;s concept of &#8216;Hell Yeah or No&#8217;.\u00a0 I only want to do projects that speak to my heart and that I thoroughly enjoy. I no longer care for the rat race. Don&#8217;t get me wrong. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/discomfort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8233"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/discomfort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/discomfort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/discomfort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/discomfort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8233"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/discomfort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8240,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/discomfort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8233\/revisions\/8240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/discomfort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/discomfort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/discomfort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/discomfort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}