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Okay, I know your first question: why would you want to do less? I’ll give you a few reasons:
Convinced? Alright then, let’s identify one of the biggest culprits: your to-do list. If your to-do list has become a repository of things you wish you would do, then that’s putting extra pressure on you. You wouldn’t be alone if you found yourself rundown and tired from constantly doing things, but feeling like a bum because you never get to the bottom of your list.
If you’re ready to do less and enjoy more, it’s probably time to declutter your to-do list. The following ideas have worked for me:
That’s it! I know it’s not a long list, but these three steps can take you a long way toward a simplified to-do list. If you’ve got any other tips, please share them in the comments! Let me know what works for you–or what hasn’t, and I’ll put together a follow-up for a few weeks from now.

Good simple ideas! One I started using recently is to take all those "I wish I would" items and put them on their own list so they are still kept track of.... but not bogging down your daily or weekly list.