I came up with an idea today: I think it would be useful to have a list of everything that a typical person ought to do. After all, there is quite a lot of stuff that a typical person ought to do; how else is a person supposed to remember it all?
Here’s what I’ve come up with so far:
Health
Eating well.
Exercising regularly.
Mitigating common risks in everyday life (e.g. wearing a seat belt while driving).
Other everyday health stuff (e.g. not sitting down eight hours a day).
Visiting a doctor, a dentist, and (if necessary) an optometrist on a regular basis.
Being familiar with common health problems and what to do about them.
Being able to recognize medical emergencies and react appropriately.
Maintaining mental health (see also: pretty much this entire list).
Money
Educating oneself in career-related skills.
Getting a job and/or becoming self-employed.
Networking (see also: interpersonal interaction).
Investing one’s savings appropriately.
Altruism
Donating to charity.
Volunteering for charity.
Doing favors for friends.
Interpersonal interaction
Developing and maintaining relationships with other people: friendly, romantic, family, others?
Discussion of useful topics.
Recreation
Hobbies, finding ways to enjoy yourself. (I’m not sure how to expand on this one.)
Responsibilities
Any responsibilities one has signed up for.
Productivity
Developing and maintaining one’s ability to get stuff done. (Kinda vague, this one.)
Maintaining a list of what needs to be done.
Making good decisions about what to do. In particular, which of the items on this list to focus on and how to accomplish them.
Skills
Developing the skills one needs to carry out these tasks effectively, through education, experience, and discussion.
Anyone have any suggestions for additions or improvements?
A total life checklist
I came up with an idea today: I think it would be useful to have a list of everything that a typical person ought to do. After all, there is quite a lot of stuff that a typical person ought to do; how else is a person supposed to remember it all?
Here’s what I’ve come up with so far:
Health
Eating well.
Exercising regularly.
Mitigating common risks in everyday life (e.g. wearing a seat belt while driving).
Other everyday health stuff (e.g. not sitting down eight hours a day).
Visiting a doctor, a dentist, and (if necessary) an optometrist on a regular basis.
Being familiar with common health problems and what to do about them.
Being able to recognize medical emergencies and react appropriately.
Maintaining mental health (see also: pretty much this entire list).
Money
Educating oneself in career-related skills.
Getting a job and/or becoming self-employed.
Networking (see also: interpersonal interaction).
Investing one’s savings appropriately.
Altruism
Donating to charity.
Volunteering for charity.
Doing favors for friends.
Interpersonal interaction
Developing and maintaining relationships with other people: friendly, romantic, family, others?
Discussion of useful topics.
Recreation
Hobbies, finding ways to enjoy yourself. (I’m not sure how to expand on this one.)
Responsibilities
Any responsibilities one has signed up for.
Productivity
Developing and maintaining one’s ability to get stuff done. (Kinda vague, this one.)
Maintaining a list of what needs to be done.
Making good decisions about what to do. In particular, which of the items on this list to focus on and how to accomplish them.
Skills
Developing the skills one needs to carry out these tasks effectively, through education, experience, and discussion.
Anyone have any suggestions for additions or improvements?
edit 1: some suggestions by Rain and aelephant