Lists & Goals

I only write shopping lists. Otherwise I forget and start spending more money than I should LOL However, something new that I'm trying is tracking some stuff for my daughter and I like food, my pain level, her meltdowns, the weather, our activity level & how much we sleep. I'm trying to get our health back on track as we both have medical problems. I sure hope this helps.

I'm not a list writer but I should be. For example, when I go grocery shopping I almost always end up coming home without some of the things I need. Or when I go the store for milk and come home with a bunch of other foods and no milk. I don't know how many times that has happened. It will probably happen again. I have heard from lots of different resources, that writing things down is good for us to help remember things and it helps to reach our goals if we have them written down. I have a girlfriend that writes in a diary every night while she is laying in bed. She sometimes doesn't have a lot to write about but she says it helps her to relieve the stress when she has problems. She makes it a habit and writes at least something down, something that may have happened to her that day or just how she felt.

I throw them away later once I decide I don't need them. Unfortunately I make lists and then forget about them or misplace them making them totally useless to me.