Good morning, bjk3 (@bjk3), Debbie (@dbeshears1), NJ Ed (@njed)

List-Makers, Unite! It gives me a boost to wake up a bunch of kindred spirits.

I will confess, however, that some years ago, I refined my list-making; I was once like so many people and, during a single day, would create a half- or full-dozen “micro” lists: little bits of paper scattered here and there, around my house, on the front seat of my car, jammed in my pockets, inked on the palm of my hand – wherever I’d turned, there’d be another micro list. At day’s end, I’d have all these little reminders of how much I’d NOT gotten done.

I now adhere to what I call Ray’s Principle of One – ONE of each day’s necessary things: one journal (with one good pen attached), one book (whatever I may be currently reading, fiction or nonfiction), one periodical (e.g., the latest New Yorker), one book of poetry (to sustain my spirit; at the moment, it’s the Collected Works of Wendell Berry) – and one SMALL spiral book which houses the day’s micro lists, all side-by-side in one master micro list. (Master micro list? Mmm?)

So again, List-Makers, Unite! Let’s get this day underway. Let’s whip through the day’s lists and look forward to an evening of knowing we’ve gotten everything done. (Or almost everything, anyway.)

Cheers!
Ray (@ray666)

Ed - You are so right! Everything on the list must be attainable or on the list because you need to call someone to hire. A few years ago, I took my list of Goals to my PCP. The #1 item was “Get Off Disability and Get Back to Work”. I obviously wanted my income restored to employment level but the general gist was I wanted to be healthy enough and also wanted to contribute to society. My PCP stopped me on #1, squelched it right there, and instead helped me break it down into bite-size, realistic, attainable items. It is a big mental boost to see how what things we can and are achieving!