To do lists

[terry1156]

One of my New Year's resolutions was to keep a "to do" list for each day. The list is very basic with a lot of normal aactivities everyone takes for granted. Like I have "clean the cat box" and "do the dishes" on my daily list. I get too busy sometimes and those things get frogatten from time to time. With my new list I haven't missed a day so far this year with them.

I also have my easy exercise routine on my list to do 5 times. It takes about 3 minutes to do each time. It is the first time I have kept to an exercise routing for more than a week in my life. I think the reason I can is that it is not a difficult routine and I don't pressure myself to do more than the basics (if I feel like it, sometimes I do a bit more, but only if I feel like it.)

The list makes me much more productive. When I get to those points in the day where I think "what do I have to do?" I already know since I have it written down. It has been one of the best New Year's resolutions I have ever made.

[Momtwo]

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Good for you! I found lists to be great motivators. I make out my to do list the night before and put it in my Franklin Planner. That way I know what I have to do the next day. The exercise idea is a fantastic one that I think I am gonna do.

[PrincessPerky]

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congratulations on keeping the excercise!

[sydney]

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Well done! I write out a to-do list each day and have done so for a long time, I find it really helpful with day to day things.

[seaar2000]

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I'd be lost without my to do list. I have been a list person for a long time. I have bought planners for the last seven years and it is the best thing I have ever done for myself. I write down things I have to do, doctors appts., ect.,.

[amomof4]

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I need to start a to do list. I think I'm starting to get "old timers" disease. I am so forgetful, that if I don't write it down, I forget. I even told my husband he is going to have to start wearing a name tag so I can remember his name. lol

[seaar2000]

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amomof4 Don't feel bad! Sometimes I'll make a list before I go to the grocery store and when I get to the grocery store I left the list at home!

[amomof4]

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That was too funny. I'm still giggling!

[nate]

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amomof4 Don't feel bad! Sometimes I'll make a list before I go to the grocery store and when I get to the grocery store I left the list at home!

I made a list the other day, went to the grocery store, had the list in my pocket, and guess what...? I forgot to look at it until i got home and realized i had forgot something.

[PrincessPerky]

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I always have a list of stuff to do, though I never look at it untill I get a call like 'did you forget about x apointment'.

I do shop with a list and I do almost always check it before I leave the store, not when I first get in, that would make to much sense. Oh no, it is the last thing I do before checking out, or what really annoys the checkout people is when I do it while checking out and then have to send my poor hubby rushing off to find something before the cart is empty. Of coruse the list doesn't help when I forgot to put stuff on the list.