…is that you can put stuff on them that you would do anyway, and THEN you can give yourself a hefty dose of satisfaction at checking them off!
√ Put sheets away
√ Roll hair
√ Shower
√ Send out weekly SBA meeting notice
Heh heh heh… I’ve barely begun the day and just look at all the stuff I’ve already got done!
The whiteboard calendar idea is working out exceptionally well. Because it has space for notes or whatever, it lets me write the to-do’s right on it. This means no more little slips of paper all over the house. And of course, because I have to approach the calendar to list the to-do’s and check them off, I’m more likely to read the calendar.
Put that thing up a couple of weeks ago, and I haven’t missed a single appointment so far. And I’ve gotten a lot more tasks and projects done, in a timely way. These things are no longer getting overlooked or put off for another day. It really is a very useful time organizing tool.
So what do I actually have to do today?
Meet friends for lunch
Set up auto-pay for new Part D insurance
Go through pile of statements & receipts on desk; prepare for accountant
Read client copy
Read student papers
√ Work on Fire-Rider II, chapter 9
Practice Requiem alto parts
Get stuff to make gazpacho, xergis
Make gazpacho & xergis
Iron pillowcases (in front of Netflix tonight, after dinner, after choir)
√ Write blog post
And so, to work.
😉
I love to do lists. I wrote one out for things I want to do for the month, and it’s around 80 items long. Yikes. I’m sort of on pace as I think I have 12-13 done so far for the month.