Its demand is simple: look to your immediate past and write down the actions you’ve taken.
You might argue your To-Do list already covers this: you write down tasks, do them, and then mark them as done.
The thing to point out is not every action you take arises from a written down To-Do. Here is the distinction between both:
- A To-Do list arises from intentions
- A Done list arises from actions
Writing down actions taken, without having gone through the process of having written down your intention to carry them out, delivers one proof easily lost in an avalanche of To-Dos: that you are doing.
This is especially powerful at low moments, when i-don't-feel-like-doing-anything or i-don't-know-what-to-do has its grip, and the unending list of things to do feeds the pressure that keeps you low, whispering there is more to do or you are not doing enough.
Listing out things done as you do them delivers cracks to the walls of paralyzing resistance, releasing unnecessary pressure.
Listing out things done as you do them delivers cracks to the walls of paralyzing resistance, releasing unnecessary pressure.
You are doing. You have done.
A quiet celebration rises from acknowledging what you have done.
Let it be known: the Done list is a counterpart to the To-Do list, not a replacement. You still would benefit from the orientation and direction a To-Do list provides. But the Done list gives you cause and course to celebrate and be grateful.
In the end, progress is not measured by the lists you intend to complete, but by the actions you notch into reality.
That is the power of the Done List. It relays and confirms that you have Diaries of Notchedup Executions.
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