New Things and Thoughts going Round and Round

Cat Loving Man said:

.I will then keep saying it silently to myself till I can write it down.I have to have a to do list.if it looks a bit messy

I use the notes feature on my phone to write this stuff down when I remember it and whenever I stop (lunchtime for example) then I tidy the lists up and will email them to myself for a backup and add them to my calendar if they need to be scheduled or OneNote if they need to be done as a checklist.

Cat Loving Man said:

My goal is to have nothing on my to do list

It really helps to get past this - it creates lots of unnecessary stress. It will alway be an evolving list (some items last longer than one day anyway) so use a proper task manager which has priority options, categories and deadlines and learn to use this to manage your time.

I get it that your OCD wants things done but it is much more practical to do all the things you have time for - so much more achievable and by checking that you have done all you can for that day, it should give a sense of achievement.

Once you learn to use this is takes so much anxiety off your plate.

Cat Loving Man said:

When ever for instance I change my mobile I get so anxious about will it work will everything move across

My advice is to learn how to plan this - research the new phone / sky box etc and understand how to do the things you want. Maybe even make your own little guide.

Plan the time for the migration with plenty of leaway, set the date and just do it.

Longing for old tech that is dying is a waste of your time when you could already have learned how to do it the new way and have a device with a decent lifespan to use.

Cat Loving Man said:

.I will then keep saying it silently to myself till I can write it down.I have to have a to do list.if it looks a bit messy

I use the notes feature on my phone to write this stuff down when I remember it and whenever I stop (lunchtime for example) then I tidy the lists up and will email them to myself for a backup and add them to my calendar if they need to be scheduled or OneNote if they need to be done as a checklist.

Cat Loving Man said:

My goal is to have nothing on my to do list

It really helps to get past this - it creates lots of unnecessary stress. It will alway be an evolving list (some items last longer than one day anyway) so use a proper task manager which has priority options, categories and deadlines and learn to use this to manage your time.

I get it that your OCD wants things done but it is much more practical to do all the things you have time for - so much more achievable and by checking that you have done all you can for that day, it should give a sense of achievement.

Once you learn to use this is takes so much anxiety off your plate.

Cat Loving Man said:

When ever for instance I change my mobile I get so anxious about will it work will everything move across

My advice is to learn how to plan this - research the new phone / sky box etc and understand how to do the things you want. Maybe even make your own little guide.

Plan the time for the migration with plenty of leaway, set the date and just do it.

Longing for old tech that is dying is a waste of your time when you could already have learned how to do it the new way and have a device with a decent lifespan to use.

Oh Iain you're such an innocent rationalist! You seem to think that reading up on something makes it OK, that the instructions work and are meaningful even if they exist which more often than not these days they don't. You assume that such research is easy and readily available and most importantly accurate. More often that not it's confusing, deliberately obfuscating and won't answer the simple questions you need answering because its all to busy telling you how all singing and all dancing it is.

Why is wanting something simple a waste of time? Why do I need a washing machine with 30 program options when I will only use 5 of them? How many people actually use all the programs? Why do manufacturers always assume we want complicated? Why do manufacturers assume they know more about what we want than we do?. This is just an example by the way.

How do you chose an appliance with just enough life span that when it packs up you won't need to start from scratch again? My telly is about 10 years old and is still working fine, should I scrap it and get a new one because they tech has changed, what about the environmental impact of constantly having to update your devices, let alone the cost?