One of my buddies
tells me
she’ll write a book
once
her house is clean.
She’ll never
write her book.
Because
her house will
NEVER be perfectly
clean.
She has a spouse,
a teenage child,
and
two cats.
They can make messes
faster than
she can clean them.
Sweeping the floor
is a task
that can be completed.
Having a perfectly clean house
isn’t an achievement
that will ever happen.
“You can never
read all the stuff
on Twitter
or
catch up completely
on the news
or
be sure that
everything is alright.
Don’t make bottomless holes
a checklist task.
They’re a sideline,
something to work on
once you’ve actually
done your work.
Whatever work that
you’ve chosen to do.”
Don’t put
tasks that can
never be completed
on your to-do lists.