Close your open loops
jasonleow • 16 Oct 2025 •
The number one silent killer stressor in our modern adult lives is open loops.
Open loops are:
- That broken toilet seat you’ve been meaning to fix for the past year.
- That important chat message that you were too busy then to reply but now too long ago to restart the conversation.
- That item you added to your shopping cart on an app that you said will come back to.
- That debt still unpaid to your close friend.
- That to-do task that you’ve been recycling through multiple to-do lists already.
- That medical check-up you’ve been procrastinating on, due to costs… or fear.
- That project idea you mull about over free time, but it was never the right time…
I think open loops is my top silent stressor too.
All too easy to fall into it as a parent, husband, son.
It multiplies exponentially the more roles you got.
Gotta close all those fking loops.
Comments
I opened this post in a separate window so I can read it after writing my post(s) for the day, but I quickly checked my email inbox between writing and reading and saw this email pop-up in my inbox. 🤣
@therealbrandonwilson True, and strike it off instead of holding on to it
@haideralmosawi Hahah synchronicity!
oh @jasonleow I m glad you remember that, send you my bank account for you to transfer later.
To-do List
[ ] Close open loop #371
[ ] Close open loop #370
[ ] Close open loop #369
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@knight haha almost got me
@Winkletter Noooo
Or re-frame an open loop as something that is not important at this moment.