Most of us have items on our mental to-do lists. They could be for our jobs, for the home, for our finances, or for our family and friends.
These tasks aren’t critical, so we defer them. But over time our backlog builds, and with each day that passes a small amount of energy is required to maintain the list.
One thing I’ve realised is acknowledging the mental load exists is a helpful first step. The second thing is blocking out a period of time to get these things off my plate. Ticking off items in a piecemeal fashion just adds to the stress, but getting a handful of things done in one go helps to alleviate the mental load.