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July 08, 2008
Check check and check
On a day to day basis, there are little things that need to be done, should be done, and things you just really want to do. I'm not really much of a list-maker; I have always been a mental-list keeper. This, of course, makes it hard to let go of the stress of a "to-do." At least by writing down your projects you can let the paper worry about each un-checked box.
I realize just how much keeping the list mentally affects me. When I first realized as a child that I preferred to keep mental lists, my lists usually consisted of:
- Pack a lunch
- Return book to the library
- Ride the bus home today
- Find passport (this one was freaking me out just a little, seeing as how I had no idea where it was since the time I moved to Portland)
- Register car in Oregon*
- Organize shload of crap in storage downstairs (lead to the finding of the passport)
- Conquer fear of the file-box (sparked by both the finding of the passport and by the amount of paperwork-to-be-filed pulled out of the shloads downstairs)
- Take car to the shop* (*this and the registration are more costly endeavors, which is why they got put off. At least I knew how much the registration would cost. This, my squealing car, I don't even want to know...)
- Pay second installment for Elly's painting
I don't think this has made me any more likely to start making lists. The sooner I make a list, the sooner I have proof of my unproductivity. Nonetheless, I do feel better for having accomplished something that lightens my mental burden.
Posted by libbystokes at July 8, 2008 02:41 PM