Batson's Blog

Making "to do" lists is one of my perpetual habits. I make them when I'm bored (which means I make them at work quite often..hehehe). I make them when I have too much to remember. I make them when I just need to organize my thoughts. Somehow they don't help me actually accomplish my goals though. I spend 10 or 15 minutes making this big, elaborate list of chores or tasks to accomplish, I put the list in my pocket and....well, it stays there. Anybody else forget to actually follow your to do lists? Of the times I've made to do lists, I think I've followed it 5% of the time (and 5% is a generous stretch). I was wondering last time I made one, why I do it if I don't actually end up using it properly. Well, I think it actually does help me out. Even though I don't follow it in order and I usually don't even start one or two of the projects on my list, the simple task of making the list helps me out. Rather than keeping all my thoughts jumbled i...