William James on uncompleted tasks.
“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal nagging on of an uncompleted task.”
—William James
It’s the next-to-last day of 2008. Why not isolate a few nagging tasks that don’t need to follow you into 2009 and finish them off one by one between now and tomorrow?
Maybe you could even throw some things away off your to-do list, without doing them at all. If you’re anything like me, it’s easy to accumulate an ever-growing list that includes a lot of could-do’s and nice-to-do’s alongside the must-do’s.
Today could be the perfect day for giving your task list a haircut. Heck, give it the crew cut it deserves, and launch yourself into 2009 with a spring in your step.
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I’m a measely Qwest DSL customer in Minneapolis who is “fatigued”. Before Christmas, I had a “supervisor” hang up on me! I’ve had constant problems with your service, and it has made me angry. Nobody seems to be able to locate this “supervisor” that hung up on me, when his information was given to me by ANOTHER “supervisor”. Nobody cares! What happened to customer service in this company? I’m a disgusted customer, and I just wish someone would help me…or that someone cared!
I was trying to get that last physical in (on my deductible)on the 30th when the doctor’s office called and said, He’s triple booked – you’ll have to wait at least two hours. I told her I always have to wait two hours. She said, It’ll be longer. My appointment was at 2:30 and when she finally agreed I might be there until 6:30, I rescheduled. I asked how this happened: She said he can’t say No and cares for his patients. I’m out time and money and looking for a new doctor!