The List

I have a list. Actually, I have several lists. I find this makes organisation easier because I write things down I need to buy, or need to do. And then I don't feel as bad if I forget to buy/do them as they are on A List and they will be remembered again at some point.

Crossing things off the list feels good. So good in fact that it seems to be common practice among Listers to add things post-action, simply in order to cross them off again. This is called Being Productive. It is Post Productive Crossings Off and I've been doing a lot of those lately.

Today there were a few Post Productive Crossings Off. Purely because I had completely forgotten to add them to The List and I felt cheated that I couldn't cross them off when I'd done them. So I added them to The List and Crossed Them Off, immediately feeling much better.

Maybe I should add 'Cross Things Off The List' to The List to add to my sense of achievement each day...

Anyway, The List is helping me work out how much I still need to do but even more importantly, during the times when I think I'm not making progress in getting organised, it reminds me how much I've already achieved. So it IS worth adding the Post Productive Crossings Off even if only to make me feel as though I'm getting somewhere!

Now, where did I put The List - 'write unnecessary blog' and 'cross out completed jobs' need to be added and crossed off....