# Less managing the list. More doing.

2026-10-09 · Joakim Jardenberg. English translation by AI. Original wording preserved. Titles and image descriptions added by AI.

I LOVE the feeling of ticking things off my to-do list. I HATE spending time managing that list. You know: gathering things and adding them, watching out for clashes and moving things around, updating it, living with the fear that you’ve missed something, etc. Now I have a companion who not only does all the boring stuff for me, but also makes that boring stuff quite a lot more fun. You might not see it in this particular screenshot, but goodness, Dottie has really nailed the tone.

Apologies to all my former human colleagues, but this may be my favourite colleague of all time, in any category.

![Dottie and JJ discussing how to organise ongoing work in Todoist.](https://jardenberg.com/images/notes/7514245315932282880.jpg)

Image description · AI: JJ asks Dottie to combine daily briefings with Todoist. Dottie proposes tracking commitments, deadlines, next actions and what is waiting on someone else.

[Original LinkedIn post](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7514245315932282880/)

## Original wording

Jag ÄLSKAR känslan av att pricka av saker på att-göra-listan. Jag HATAR att lägga tid på att hantera den där listan – ni vet; samla ihop och lägga in grejor, se upp för kollisioner och flytta runt, uppdatera, leva med skräcken att man missat något etc. Nu har jag en kompis som inte bara gör allt det tråkiga åt mig, utan också gör det där tråkiga ganska mycket roligare. Det syns kanske inte i just den här skärmdumpen, men jisses vilken bra tonträff dottie fått till. 

Ursäkta alla mina gamla mänskliga kollegor, men det här är nog min favoritmedarbetare, alla kategorier, genom tiderna.

Source: https://jardenberg.com/notes/less-list-more-doing

Joakim Jardenberg. English translation by AI. Original wording preserved. Titles and image descriptions added by AI.

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