Eliminating Guilt-Mongering Projects

Some time management guru whose name escapes me - that saves time! - once said that we suffer more stress from the projects that are not completed than from the ones that are never started.

Solution: Never start anything.

No, wait! That's not a good move. But his observation, aside from ringing true, does raise the fact that every day our peace of mind is disrupted by the groans of uncompleted projects.

And those groans are thoroughly depressing.

Two strategies make sense:

1. Focus on actions that lead to completing the projects. Do at least one and preferably several today. Then do some more tomorrow. That is the power of incrementalism.
2. A bolder move, if possible, is to focus on a single project that is a guilt-producer and do not stop work until it is done.

So those are your choices: Bold Action or Steady Incrementalism.

Either way, you'll feel better.