Why to-do lists are wonderful

[coffeeseraph]

Because apparently I would rather do things so I can cross them off rather than because they actually need to be done.

(Also, because I'm actually not that into having nothing to do. I'm much more into having stuff to do, but doing nothing instead. It's a fine distinction but an important one.)

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[hankyouverymuch]

For a while, I used a text file as my to do list. When I would finish something, I would delete it. Now I use a piece of paper, so when I finish, I can cross it off, and later, look at all the stuff I've crossed off.

Also, at work, my to-do list looks something like this:
1. Show boss how to make a screen capture.
2. Give receipt to accounting people.
3. Go through 300 page document and remove any instance of the word "parcel".
Then, at the end of the day, when I'm only an eighth of the way through #3, I can say, hey, I did two out of three things on my list!

[coffeeseraph]

You know about find and replace, right?

I have separate to-do lists for the home and the office. At the office it's a daily ritual, I get there, grab some coffee and oatmeal, turn on the computer, write the list on a sticky note and stick it next to my keyboard. At home it's on my netvibes start page. I have a couple separate ones, actually.