Some unfinished work occupies attention because it still matters. Other work remains on the list because nobody has made a final decision. Review those two kinds separately.
Choose several old items and read each as if it arrived today. Would you accept it now? Is someone depending on it? Does it serve a current purpose or only an earlier version of your plans?
Give each item a disposition
Finish something small and useful. Schedule work that deserves capacity. Renegotiate a commitment whose terms no longer fit. Close an abandoned idea deliberately, keeping a note if its history matters.
An unfinished logo redesign may be sitting beside an overdue client correction. Their presence on the same list does not make them equally important. The correction has an external commitment; the redesign may have lost its purpose.
Close the relationship too
If another person expects the work, removing it from your list is insufficient. Tell them what is happening, acknowledge the effect and agree on a suitable next step. An uncomfortable conversation can be the actual unfinished task.
Keep possibilities in a place clearly labelled as possibilities. Keep accepted responsibilities in the list you actively manage. The aim is a credible view of current work, with room for new choices. An empty screen obtained by hiding promises does not provide that room.