New Song: Not To Do List
Existential pop about the absurdity of over-planning, for the overwhelmed self-improvers
Ever feel like your to-do list is running you instead of the other way around?
We all know the stress of a never-ending to-do list.
My new song, “Not To Do List,” came from one of those days. I was completely overwhelmed, staring at a list that never ended—it was even making babies behind my back (well, I just kept adding stuff). I had so many notes open, each promising I’d finally be more organized, but all I was really doing was getting busier creating lists instead of actually getting things done. I felt paralyzed, on the edge of tears, unable to do anything.
Then came a moment of clarity: I saw my to-do list for what it really was—not a path to productivity, but a set of obligations I used to chase my self-worth, to prove I was good enough. And no matter how much I did… it was never enough.
So I made a “Not To Do” list instead.
But here is the thing: It wasn’t based on what I shouldn’t do.
It was list that brought awareness to how I was using productivity as avoidance.
It included staying busy with insignificant tasks that didn’t move the needle.
Comparing my progress to someone else’s highlight reel.
Answering every message immediately, as if urgency = importance.
And it was liberating.
This song is that moment set to a beat.
Listen to “My Not To Do List:
Bottom line?
You don’t need to do more. You need to stop believing the voice that says you must.
So ask yourself:
Which tasks are you doing to prove your value rather than live it?
If this song speaks to you, and you want to ditch your overwhelm without another time management tool, my book How To Achieve Nothing goes straight into this.
To the edge and beyond,
Liv
Uncharted territory awaits. Claim your copy and keep pushing limits:
