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How offloading mental to-dos creates space for clarity and calm.

How offloading mental to-dos creates space for clarity and calm.

Update: 2025-05-23
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As a solopreneur, even a simple holiday weekend can stir up stress. Why? Because your system gets disrupted, your rhythm pauses, and suddenly all those unfinished to-dos are bouncing around in your head. In this quick Workshop Minute, Matthew Shipp addresses the challenge of mental overload—and offers a proven method to ease it.

Matthew explores the power of writing tasks down and how externalizing your thoughts can dramatically reduce stress and sharpen your focus. Whether you're a pen-and-paper person or prefer digital tools, the key is getting your tasks out of your head and into a trusted system.

✅ Why keeping tasks in your head creates mental tension
✅ The psychological reason unfinished tasks dominate your thoughts
✅ How writing things down—literally—gives your brain permission to relax
✅ Pen vs. digital: what really matters when externalizing tasks
✅ A simple pre-break ritual to reduce anxiety and increase clarity

 

 


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How offloading mental to-dos creates space for clarity and calm.

How offloading mental to-dos creates space for clarity and calm.

Matthew Shipp