Does anyone else organise their life with lists?
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A genuine question from someone (me) who's feeling overwhelmed by the sheer number of things I need to do.
I've been making "lists" for a while now, to try to put some structure and organisation on these things, but recently it's all got out of hand. I realised there was a problem when the first thing on one of my lists was "re-organise my lists".
This may sounds a bit mundane, but it's getting to me! If this isn't your thing then please feel free to ignore this thread, I don't really need sarcastic advice on this one.
Just to clarify - it's not the tiny, instant jobs (e.g. eat a meal), nor the huge life-style things (change the car, move house, get married etc) but the middle ground.
Things like: fix the rear wiper motor in my OH's car, patch up the rear fence after last week's storm damage, get the car serviced, get the gas boiler serviced; fix the chair in the living room, etc etc
Any advice appreciated!
I've been making "lists" for a while now, to try to put some structure and organisation on these things, but recently it's all got out of hand. I realised there was a problem when the first thing on one of my lists was "re-organise my lists".
This may sounds a bit mundane, but it's getting to me! If this isn't your thing then please feel free to ignore this thread, I don't really need sarcastic advice on this one.
Just to clarify - it's not the tiny, instant jobs (e.g. eat a meal), nor the huge life-style things (change the car, move house, get married etc) but the middle ground.
Things like: fix the rear wiper motor in my OH's car, patch up the rear fence after last week's storm damage, get the car serviced, get the gas boiler serviced; fix the chair in the living room, etc etc
Any advice appreciated!
Ok, thank you for all the genuine replies.
In reading these and updating my lists (!) I have realised that one of the main causes of my angst is how much I have going on at work just now. Not just "work" but the surrounding bits and bobs that are messing up my work lists and tangling them with the home and car lists.
So I'm adding a marker to each item (Work, Car, Home) and will sort them by this to see if it provides more structure.
In reading these and updating my lists (!) I have realised that one of the main causes of my angst is how much I have going on at work just now. Not just "work" but the surrounding bits and bobs that are messing up my work lists and tangling them with the home and car lists.
So I'm adding a marker to each item (Work, Car, Home) and will sort them by this to see if it provides more structure.
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