Lists lists lists....

[rebeccmeister]

Don't you hate it when your "to do" lists hijack your brain? I wish I could organize mine a bit more effectively. Here's a list of the lists that are occupying mine (in the hope this will free mental space). Some of these projects will easily occupy the next month. I guess that's both good and bad.

-groceries/etc. (olive oil, milk, lotion, etc.)
-yarn projects (finish baby hats finally, finish bike seat cover, get stuff together for sweater vest, knit other warm objects to stay warm this winter, inventory yarn...)
-cricket experiment (get sand and containers together so the crickets can lay eggs, finish making/print datasheets, get started)
-data crunching/writing projects (cricket paper, dissertation chapter 1, pogo paper - each has its own to-do list, too)
-holiday gifts (work on making/finishing them, and maybe send out some cards?)
-things to send to scrottie
-erg
-things to cook/make (pizzelles, krumkake, vegetarian mincemeat, yogurt, ?croissants?)
-other household projects (laundry, finish stripping doors, get wood filler and sandpaper, start collecting wood pallets for kitchen island, get second filing cabinet for desk, get plants situated indoors)

Okay, time to get back to work, I hope.

Comments

[dichroic.livejournal.com]

I don't mind it normally; I only mind when they hijack my brain and keep me awake at 2AM. I've been known to get up and write them down just to get them out of my head.

wow!

[(Anonymous)]

You already have a cricket paper to write up- I'm impressed!
Yes, to do lists are very useful. I find that having two sets of lists helpful - one for the day and one for the week (or even longer term). The today list is usually composed of specific projects written in a little notebook, while the long term list is set up on a gigantic whiteboard, divided into all the different sublists, and is sometimes less specific.

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