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I start almost every day with a to-do list. I keep them in little notebooks; this year, I was given a fantastic moleskine Daily Planner, and I used it with abandon. When I find a little notebook that has served as my to-do list keeper, I enjoy flipping back through it, recalling the urgency of projects that are long past. I usually toss them after a while (though I still have the one I used during my transition from New York to New Mexico. All the lists from selling my co-op and buying my condo are there. I'm sentimental that way). This is one of my busiest weeks of the year as I not only work to get grades submitted but to also plan the spring semester (book orders are due!) and manage holiday activities.
Here, then, is my Ten Things on My To-Do List list
1. Grade Composition 101 portfolios (today)
2. Print materials to bring to interview (today…interviewing tomorrow for contract renewal. Fingers crossed, please).
3. Dust and vacuum (today…company coming! Hurrah!)
4. Put up Christmas tree and decorate (Friday night)
5. Grade Bus/Tech writing projects and reports (Friday)
6. Finish reading client's novel manuscript & provide feedback (by Sunday, ideally)
7. Wrap gifts to ship to TN (yikes! Today!)
8. Order Neal's gifts (today!)
9. Sit quietly and knit (every day, for at least 30 minutes)
10. Tell Neal he is a rock star (our basement flooded yesterday; from 7-9:30, Neal worked in the cold, wet basement until everything was as it should be) (I've told him this already, but that kind of uncomplaining hard work deserves extra praise, don't you think?)
How about you? What are you dreading most on your to-do list? What are you eager to get to?
*Somehow this shot of little cairns, found all over the woods where the dogs and I hike, reminds me of to-do lists. The little stack of activities that make up a to-do list lead to something more powerful. Or something.
I haven’t thought about my to do list today, yet, but I must say that I love the picture!
So, now that I’ve reflected for a moment, really need to load up the jukebox, but it’s so cold in here I don’t want to leave the fireplace. Presents are all shipped, except the last knitted one, so I should probably get on that today. And that’s as far as I’m willing to think on this cold, cold morning!
Telling the guy in your life he is awesome is a grand thing to do. The only thing left on my list is dinner with friends. Must put something together so I can see this Holiday season.
I just posted my list (potku.blogspot.com). I start each week with a long list of things I’d “like to do”. And then each day there is a list of MUST DO. I carry it from work to home and around the planet. I love love love lists.
I’ve not yet made peace with to-do lists. They stress me out by making the things I need to do much too real. I’m jealous though of those of your who have found them helpful.
Love the opening picture!
Like mine, yours is a mixed list of work and personal things. Good luck with all of it and enjoy what you can.
To do/not eager…planning board meeting tonight. don’t want to go out in the cold tonight!
To do/eager….decorate the tree which is up with the lights on!
what’s a to-do list? I’m so behind this week not sure why I would even bother… Good luck tomorrow, hope all goes well!!
I just bought myself one of these little beauties to house my To Do lists in the coming year: http://www.moleskines.com/sky-blue-x-small-daily-planner.html
I can’t wait to start using it!