Choice means letting go: to gain something, you have to give something up (Bite-size Article)

Introduction More than a month has already passed since the beginning of 2026—how has everyone been doing? This will be a short article, but today I’d like to share some thoughts on daily task management and the mindset around it. As part of a new experiment and shift in mindset this year, I started setting an upper limit on the number of items (errands, tasks, etc.) I allow myself to put into my daily schedule. Because of the nature of my work, I have a relatively high degree of freedom in deciding my own schedule. However, that very freedom often led me to try to do too many things at once, filling my notes and schedules with an excessive number of items and making my surroundings feel unnecessarily cluttered. Even when you’re aware of these kinds of problems, actually trying to “fix” them can be difficult—you may not know where to start or what to change. At least, that was the case for me. But after taking a step back and thinking about it, I realized that the root cause might not