I'm a big fan of lists.  I make a to-do list every morning for work.  If I didn't, I would forget half the stuff that needs to be done.  It's not as much a sign of order and efficiency, as much as it is a coping mechanism for all the gaps in this re-fried brain of mine.  If it's not on my list, the project does not exist... Even if it really does.  The work list is very very important. 

During the year or so of wedding planning, I made lists upon lists of shit to get done, based on timeframe, location, status, category.  I also had about 20 separate folders on my desktop with necessary documents, photographs, ideas.  And then there was the binder too.  The way in which all of this was organized was probably not the most straight-forward or methodical, but it served its purpose for me.  It was all crucial to the success of the final product.

Still, I don't feel that I use The Mighty List to its full potential.  I need to make it more a part of my every day, non-work life.  I suffer from a lack of motivation in my personal life.  If I just started a list, and stuck to it, I would get so much more done on nights and weekends .  The past month or so I have created to-do lists of tasks to accomplish each week.  While Tony was gone I tried to take it especially serious.  These may look like silly little menial tasks to you all, but this is a pretty substantial undertaking for me:

To Do Week of 11/05/07
- thank you notes
- buy new shower mat and liner
- clean bathroom
- clean bedroom
- organize closet
- start drawing for x-mas gift
- start new painting
- pick up prescription
- pick up leaf bags
- start raking leaves in yard

And here's what it looks like today:

- thank you notes
- buy new shower mat and liner
- clean bathroom
- clean bedroom
- organize closet
- start drawing for x-mas gift
- start new painting
- pick up prescription
- pick up leaf bags
- start raking leaves in yard

I will say that I did START the thank you notes, and those will be an on-going project for weeks to come.  So that's something.  And I will not allow myself to cross something off unless it's completely done.  Also, it was freeeeeezing out this week, so that's my excuse for not doing the leaves.

So, ya know.. It's not all that bad.  But I'm hoping that when this becomes an every day practice, I can get a lot better at it in my personal life, and not feel like such a load all the time.  Yes I said load.  This is my pre-New Years resolution, of sorts.