User blog:Joy2b/Prioritizing

After using habitrpg for months, it's easy to get a page that's full of things to do, and slow to load. I've realized that I'm not prioritizing the important things right now, like earning a living, and finishing the work day satisfied. So, I'm cleaning out.


 * Things that I can't do right now are getting deleted.


 * Things that have been sitting on my to do list for months obviously aren't priorities to me, so they either need to be scheduled in, or removed.

While I'm at it, I'm going to start gamifying wording of remaining tasks, and adding checklists. I wish we could organize Habits to look more like checklists. I have a few cleaning tasks I wish I could group together under a header of cleaning, just to make it more readable.
 * Dailies I tend to do perfectly may not require thought anymore.  A 21 day streak is an indicator that the habit has gotten ingrained. (Tasks that I'm still resisting can stay on the list.)
 * Challenges, as much as I like them, are largely being removed.  I don't need a habit that replicates one of my dailies (or vica versa).  It's interesting to see other people's ideas of rewards, but if they don't motivate me, what are they doing there?  The remaining challenges will get much more of my energy.

I'm also really pleased to have the opportunity to give my time to a couple of communities doing good work this year. It'll sometimes be frustrating, but that's ok. I'm hanging out in the tavern more to be helpful, and I was really excited when I noticed someone else citing the burnout wiki, which is where I first put a lot of work. I'm also bringing friends into the Makerspace (at least one of whom can teach classes) and helping to figure out how to make it more kid friendly (which isn't so easy in a space with power tools, but is a key part of the mission). I'm theoretically teaching my first class there soon, and dancing nervously over the sign up list.