Are you a compulsive list maker? Or are any lists, if they exist at all, strictly in your head? How do you keep track of what you need to do?
Share why if you wish.
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Are you a compulsive list maker? Or are any lists, if they exist at all, strictly in your head? How do you keep track of what you need to do?
Share why if you wish.
I must admit, I’m not much of a list maker. I certainly recognize that they can be an effective way of organization, but for whatever reason, I’ve never really developed a habit of creating lists for my tasks.
I know many people who make lists, and one of the joys I have heard from these people is the joy of crossing something off the list. I’ve never experienced that joy, and maybe that’s part of the reason it never became a habit for me. Any good habit needs to have positive reinforcement to stick.
I do keep lists, although not as many as I used to — I do not consider that to be a good thing.
I keep a list of my regularly positive daily activities I should maintain as habits (e.g. exercise, write up a daily expression of gratitude, take my meds at the correct time, catch up with Rebecca on how her day went).
I also keep a list of major activities I did during the day that are not usually on the first list (e.g. participation in various meetings, major discussions I had).
Lastly, I keep various lists of music I want as well as music I shared with the world via my periodic YouTube concerts.
Now, while you’d think I’d already be doing this, I do not keep the best of lists regarding my garden. This must change!
That’s an interesting distinction I had not thought of…. lists for past events vs. lists for future events.
I think most people do the latter: here’s what I need to accomplish today. More unusual — but perhaps just as useful for proper appreciation and gratitude — is the former. Here’s what happened today. Here’s the good I did, here are the mistakes I made, here’s what I’m grateful for.