Getting back to the list

Before the death of my hard drive last summer, I was updating just about every other day a TO DO list, which I printed and scotched on the inside of the door to my food cabinet in the kitchen. There was at least 25 items on the list at all time, and when 1 thing was done, or 1 goal reached, I took a huge thick black marker and covered the item with it.

Long term was mixed with short term, there was no particular order, and everything went there, from having to soak my underwear to reading chapter 6 in book BOOK, to getting some errand done. Appointments were on that list too. Less important with more important, all mixed up. It did not matter that I procrastinated x by doing y because at least I was doing y. Without the list, I would not even have done y, and everyone knows that the best way to do something is to imagine that you are doing it to avoid doing something else. I was so productive with that list. I will start writing up a new list tonight. The only important thing about the list is that you have to break down big tasks into small tasks. Items in the list must take about the same amount of time to be carried out. With more or less sweat, with more or less joy, it does not matter. (I did not always follow that rule though, as you can see on that very old list here.) I experienced so much pleasure at marking an item done, with that black marker. I loved the list. The list was an absolute good. LOL... I have to stop watching this film!