{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/close-the-week-by-identifying-unfinished-tasks-explicitly",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0937",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Close the week by identifying unfinished tasks explicitly",
  "summary": "Unnamed unfinished work has more room to follow you home.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "A 2026 meta-analysis found unfinished work tasks associated with more off-job work-related thoughts, particularly affective rumination. Before stopping, list the genuinely unfinished items, decide which still matter and give each one a next action, owner or discard decision.",
  "limits": [
    "A list may reduce ambiguity but does not guarantee detachment; excessive workload still requires workload change."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-execution-rhythm"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-1A0D4CE84208014E"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "A 2026 meta-analysis linked unfinished work with more off-job work-related thoughts and rumination.",
      "source_id": "RS-1A0D4CE84208014E",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "A list may reduce ambiguity but does not guarantee detachment; excessive workload still requires workload change.",
      "locator": "See source record"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "Friday ends with a vague feeling that 'too much is still open.'"
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "A list may reduce ambiguity but does not guarantee detachment; excessive workload still requires workload change."
  ],
  "example": "'Check replication' becomes 'Monday 09:00: compare PS4 error count after transport 49208.'",
  "check": "The open work is represented outside your head with an explicit restart path.",
  "steps": [
    "List only work that is actually unfinished and relevant.",
    "Assign the next action or owner.",
    "Drop items that no longer deserve work.",
    "Flag anything that must be revisited at a specific time."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-1A0D4CE84208014E",
      "title": "Unfinished work tasks and work-related thoughts during off-job time: meta-analysis of the Zeigarnik effect in a work-recovery context",
      "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41554526/"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-86F22D8037A34580",
      "title": "Turn goals into work that finishes and stays finished after hours",
      "url": "/collections/turn-goals-into-work-that-finishes-and-stays-finished-after-hours"
    }
  ]
}