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I love writing lists, every Thursday night I come home and sit down to write my list for the weekend. Depending on how that day has gone I might do this while drinking a fine cup of Earl Grey tea or a nice cold beer! I start with looking at my list from the last week, there are some things which are always recurring – clean the house, iron, food shop etc. Then I add what I didn’t get round to doing the previous week, followed by what needs to be done this weekend. I see a list as having multiple uses:
  1. It helps me to remember the things I need to do.
  2. Helps me plan and organise my weekend, otherwise I think I would put off doing certain things until it’s late on a Sunday night and I’ve run out of time.
  3. Motivates me - I enjoy looking at a list, deciding what to do next, going away and doing it -then going back and ticking it off. That’s the buzz, drawing a line through the item and putting a big tick at the end!

In fact I’d go as far as saying I think I have an obsession with lists, I’ll write a list for any occasion/ event/ day not just weekends. I even sub-list from the main list, if I’m organizing something I could end up sub-sub-listing! Then if there’s an item on the list that I must get done that weekend I’ll circle around the number against the item.

If you ever met a fellow list maker, this obsession just gets increased. I once worked with someone who would end the working day by writing a list of things to do the next day. However she wouldn’t just use any old piece of paper or a pad like the rest of us, no it had to be a on a spiral bound ‘To-Do List’ note pad, and as I found out very quickly these come is slightly different shades. It was important that the right pad was ordered or the list just wouldn’t look right. I don’t think I’m that bad, but when it comes to writing my weekend list, it has to be done using my favorite pen!


Oh and you shouldn’t be surprised that ‘write next blog post’ is now a regular on my weekend list!

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