Episode 252 - You Don't Need to Keep Track for Everyone

A gentle Wednesday reflection on the invisible mental load of remembering, monitoring and following up on responsibilities that belong to other capable people. This episode explores how we can delegate the physical task while continuing to carry the responsibility for making sure it happens.

Helping someone doesn't always mean remembering everything for them. Where appropriate, handing over a responsibility can include handing over the planning, remembering and follow-up too. A useful question is: “Is this mine to do, mine to remind, or mine to trust?”

Sometimes handing over the task means handing over the remembering too.