What a good commitment looks like
Three is as many as a normal week can take. Give each one a day and a first step you could do in ten minutes: “find the dentist’s number,” Monday, rather than “sort out the dentist.”
The summary tells you if two land on the same day or one has no first step.
There are three slots, but “Carry forward” adds a fourth if they’re full. Otherwise last week’s item would quietly disappear, and stopping that is the point of this page.
What to do with things you are waiting on
A package or the landlord’s reply goes on the waiting list with a check-back day. If it hasn’t arrived by then, follow up.
In the example, it’s the landlord’s reply about the furnace service, and Wednesday is the day to check. The page sets no reminders, so put that day in a calendar you already use.
Drop tasks you no longer need
“Return the library books: renewed online instead” is done, even though you never went to the library.
An unchecked commitment you don’t carry forward is a decision too. The summary lists those and asks you to drop or reword them. Better to write “dropped” than watch the same line ride along for a month.
