Do you keep a to do list?

@saundyl (9783)
Canada
April 12, 2009 5:40pm CST
Do you regularly make a list of to do's or honey do's? I like to make a list of the things i need to get done, the things i WANT to get changed fixed or do. I rewrite it every once in a while as well i keep a regular weekly ok i did this list. This week my big/new things on the list are Clean the yard of garbage and doggy poo get brown paint to repaint my deck (will do the painting when its warmer) watch for a sale on weather proofing for the other deck fix the screen window - done wash my car fix the greenhouse
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@Grandmaof2 (7579)
• Canada
12 Apr 09
Making a list is something I have just never done. I see my daughter making a grocery list and I think, "Where'd you ever come up with that idea?" BUT... I never say anything after all she is 37 years old. The funny thing is she comes home and always manages to miss something. I take it isle by isle and I never have an issue. As for chores I just do them on my good days and do what I can today and the same tomorrow. I'm just not a list maker. Guess it's what you get used to.
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
13 Apr 09
Lists tend to make me feel like a failure at home. I did finish some of the stuff I had in mind for this weekend, and also some things that I had not planned on but got invited to do.
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
12 Apr 09
I find without a grocery list i come home with things i really didnt need and somehow forgot the most important thing on my list!
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
13 Apr 09
Lists tend to make me feel like a failure at home. I did finish some of the stuff I had in mind for this weekend, and also some things that I had not planned on but got invited to do.
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• United States
13 Apr 09
Each time I start a list I usually place it on the counter in the kitchen to refer to it. Hubby comes along and tosses it out! I have left him honeydo lists and he doesn't dare not to do them! Everything we have to do with the house is done in good time. There really isn't a need for a list. The only list I make regularly is a shopping list. Although it is usually left at home I can at least put what I need to memory as I write it down.
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
13 Apr 09
I find for to do lists it helps me remember even when i dont have it with me - grocery lists if i dont have it i forget what i really needed.
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
13 Apr 09
Yes, I do keep lists....I have to or I'd forget important things. I carry a note pad everywhere I go. I also have a pad of post-its that if I really need to remember something, I'll post in on my steering wheel in my car. I went thru a spell of forgetting to shut of my lights in my car...a note saying "LIGHTS!!!" was posted and it helped...now it is habit. See my previous car...the lights went out automatically when I shut the car off. Lists are great as long as one remembers to read them.
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@sid556 (30960)
• United States
13 Apr 09
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
13 Apr 09
LOL I forget my boyfriends truck turns them on and off automatically and i am always having to remind him to turn mine off on my car when i let him drive it....or to turn them on because it doesnt auto do it.
• Regina, Saskatchewan
13 Apr 09
Yep...........but I can never remember what I did with it! ROFL
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• Regina, Saskatchewan
13 Apr 09
I tried the computer reminder thing, but then kept forgetting to check. I'm hopeless. So now I exercise my brain by mentally running a to do list through my head several times a day. Doesn't help me get off my butt to actually do anything though! ROFL
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
13 Apr 09
i know at work reminders pop up with a sound when i open my email and at home i check my mail daily - I'm hoping it actually works out then i cant loose my lists!
@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
13 Apr 09
Unless i reemmber to put it in the clip on mu fridge - i loose them. I found one from 2 weeks ago in my car tonight and decided to start trying to put it into my outlook email or my gmail account to remind me.
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@larish (2213)
• Philippines
13 Apr 09
I usually forget things so a list "on what to do" is a must for me. I have a planner diary, where I put all of my list of things to do. Even birthdays of those people dear to me are written on my planner :)
@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
13 Apr 09
I've started using my outlook calendar (actually right after i posted this discussion) and it should remind me when its due to be done. I'll have to see how it works
@larish (2213)
• Philippines
13 Apr 09
that's great. happy myloting
@roboid (205)
• Romania
13 Apr 09
I make a to do list but only in mymind. It is not a daily to do list, but more an aspiration list like: buy a bike, go to AC/DC's concert, buy some new clothes. Above that I can't make a daily list or a shopping list.
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
15 Apr 09
I'd almost call that a wish list for me!
@roboid (205)
• Romania
15 Apr 09
Yes, I think it is more a wishlist than a to do list. But wish lists can transform in to do lists with a little ambition.:)
@chaselee (240)
• Philippines
13 Apr 09
Yes I have a to do list but it not for my daily chores. Its more of a monthly to do list. Like when should I pay the bills or go to the supermarket stuff like that.
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
13 Apr 09
i tend to not put bills on mine as i pay mine as soon as i get my pay cheque.
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
13 Apr 09
I do like to make lists - generally they are more overview and not day to day specific... while I like to make lists, I find that I often end up misplacing them.
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
13 Apr 09
My lists are more of a weekly or monthly i hope to get this done and need to write it down so i dont forget lists.
@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
12 Apr 09
I make to do lists AND grocery lists....only I can never find them when I need them!
@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
12 Apr 09
I have mine on magnetized lists and clips on my fridge. The grocery lists i tend to loose as soon as i put them in my purse!
@lumenmom (1986)
• United States
13 Apr 09
Same here. Then I spend so much time either trying to find them or rewriting them that nothing still gets done.
• United States
13 Apr 09
Well I have a long term list which stays where it is until those things are completed but then I have a short term list which I will only do if things get too overwhelming or piled up, I make a list of what I plan to do this week or tomorrow or whatever and knock them all out.
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
13 Apr 09
I love crossing things off my lists!
@ionsquare (530)
• Singapore
13 Apr 09
I will make a wish list at the beginning of each year to record down my goals. However, there are at times that I am unable to fulfill my wish. I like to make a shopping list so that I don't miss out the things that I need to buy during the grocery shopping.
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
13 Apr 09
So you have a goal list rather than a list of things you want to get done.
@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
13 Apr 09
Surprisingly, I make to do list in office and faithfully do all the tasks. Nearly every month I go through the list and add on some tasks to it. But never manage to do the same thing at home. There are a lot of good working habits that stay in the office.
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
13 Apr 09
I think theres things i do at work that i think i should do at home but i forget.
@prinzcy (32305)
• Malaysia
13 Apr 09
I do or I'll forget it easily. I have a whiteboard in the house where we will write a note to leave if we're going out when no one's at home or our to do list. That include our shopping list that mom write on a piece of paper (that whiteboard can hold magnet, she use the fridge magnet holder to hold it) If someone need to leave a message behind can use the whiteboard as well.
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
13 Apr 09
a white board is an awesome idea. saves on paper and garbage! and lost papers!
@hxstar (510)
• China
13 Apr 09
Yes,I keep a list of course.Without a list,I will forget to do things easily because I have a lot to do recently! Keeping a list is a good custom,it helps us remember things.
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
13 Apr 09
I agree - however i envy the people who dont have to make lists to remember things.
@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
13 Apr 09
I do not keep a to do list for home, but I should. I do keep a calendar and a to do list for work, otherwise I would let something go that was very important.Like Doctor appointments and refilling prescriptions.
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
13 Apr 09
I always forget to even put perscriptions on my todo lists. I need to do that when i have them!
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
13 Apr 09
Yes, I do. If I didn't, I think my world would end or at least I would never know what I was supposed to be doing and when. I sometimes keep a list for everyday, and I always keep a list for big projects like grants. It's the only way to stay sane in my profession.
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
13 Apr 09
I'm glad i dont have to keep lists for work!
@Myrilia (209)
• United States
13 Apr 09
No, but I'm beginning to think I should. I forget things constantly, only to remember days, or even weeks, later. I do keep a grocery list, and a list for the warehouse club. I think I'll have to add a weekly to-do list, as well.
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
13 Apr 09
I make them and unless i put them on the fridge i leave them all over. i found one in my car from 2 weeks ago on the way home from my moms tonight.
@leoliu39 (540)
• China
12 Apr 09
yes, i do have a to do list, because this way can make me do things order and right!keep me efficient!
@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
12 Apr 09
I find they keep me from forgetting things.
@Absinto (2385)
• Portugal
13 Apr 09
I usually makes lists for everything. i like to be organized andlike this i wont forget anything.
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
13 Apr 09
I like to think im organized until i get real busy then i realize im not.
@angelaaa (27)
• United States
12 Apr 09
I'm one of those people who obsessively makes lists, up to the point of actually creating two or three to-do lists in a day (then again, I'm also a high school student with way too many homework assignments to keep straight in my head). It's just incredibly satisfying to write out a huge list of tasks that need to be done and crossing them off - with a giant Sharpie marker! - when they're finished. I also have a perpetual to-do list with items like laundry and cleaning; no matter how much I clean the house or do the laundry, somehow it never seems to actually be finished. It's maddening.
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
12 Apr 09
Laundry and cleaning always are on my list too. Mine tend to be weekly lists.