April 24, 2026

Reader feedback re LOVE/HATE List

Fellow list member and fractional CTO to early-stage founders Allan Edmond wrote in to share his reaction to my LOVE/HATE list email (shared with permission):

Before I had 1 reminder list, called Reminders. After following JS for 4 months, I now have:

• 1 daily list
• 1 weekly list
• 1 monthly list
• 1 today list
• 1 newsletter ideas list
• (now) 1 love/hate list

It’s actually difficult to come up with the first items without falling into generic nonsense, but setting up the habit/reflex of recognizing something I don’t like and adding it to the list will be very fruitful

Oh and I have to add “Review the love/hate list” in the monthly list 😅

Thanks Jonathan!

PS: I am genuinely grateful for these lists. The mental load relief from offloading “responsibilities” to a tool is real and underrated.

Allan - TechPeach.ca

Great feedback! Thanks to Allan for sharing.

IMHO the key quote is the last line:

The mental load relief from offloading “responsibilities” to a tool is real and underrated

Yes, exactly!

If you feel like you spend your days swatting at a cloud of bees swarming around your head, offloading to a system is the fix.

Yours,

—J

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