We love to glorify to-do lists. Sticky notes. Task apps. Color-coded planners.

Only, your to-do list can’t save your business if you never look at what’s on your stop-doing list.

Last week, I caught myself knee-deep in Canva templates. I told myself I was “working on branding.” In reality, I was wasting hours tweaking fonts that nobody but me would ever notice. My client work didn’t move. My content didn’t get written. I was tired and cranky, with nothing real to show for it.

That’s when I went back to my Stop-Doing List.

It’s not fancy. It’s literally a sticky note with three lines:

• Stop scrolling Canva “just in case”

• Stop forcing myself to write Instagram captions that are full of fluff

• Stop planning and re-planning my content instead of publishing it

And just like that, I had a clear reminder: this is what I don’t spend time on anymore.

A Stop-Doing List is a practical reset. It helps you:

• Cut the energy leaks you’ve been tolerating

• Notice the “busywork” that never brings results

• Create more space for the few things that actually matter

This week, write your own list. Even if it is a single item. That’s enough. You don’t have to quit everything at once, you simply need to free up a little space.

Because we all need a reminder that sometimes progress isn’t about adding more. It is about letting go of what’s in the way.