here a list there a list
Everywhere I look there seems to be something else to add to one of the many lists that I have rolling around inside my head. I constantly am making mental notes about things that I want to remember and you know what? most times I don’t remember – duh! Well constantly forgetting things made me feel like I wasn’t getting anything done. Besides, trying to remember all that stuff was driving me a bit crazy. So I decided to start actually writing everything down.
It was fabulous, this list keeping business, and I quickly became obsessed gathered a collection. I have
a daily to do list, a weekly to do list, weekly shopping lists, menu lists, a list for recipes I want to try, books to read list, books to mooch lists, books to buy lists, a list of classes I still need to take in order to graduate, a list of classes I want to take before I graduate, a list of things that need to be cleaned, a list of things that need to be organized, a list of things I want to learn, people I want to call list, people I want to write list, a list of things that I want to do around the house, a list of places I want to eat with the kids, a list of places I want to eat with the kids, a list of places I want to explore, a list of games I want to play, a list of posts for this blog, a list of other blog ideas, a list of things I want to plant…whew…this is not the complete lists of my lists..
But now, I have opened a whole new can of worms. I have all these lists but don’t seem to get anything done on them. This frustrates me and depresses me on a continuous basis. I feel like I spend my life creating and maintaining these lists rather than living it. I don’t know what to do about it. Some days, I feel like throwing out these lists all together. I figure if I had the list for so long and haven’t made a dent in than perhaps the things on this list are not that important to me. However, at the same time, I need my lists -some of them anyway. I need the reminder, especially on a daily basis of things that need to get done or I easily forget. I tend to be a bit scatter brained at times – hard to believe I know but take my word for it ;o)
But only having a TO DO list makes me feel like I am not taking the time TO ENJOY and that frustrates and depresses me all over again. So here I am caught in a pickle and oh what a pickle it is.
Here is where I should write my witty, insightful, fascinating solution to this dilemma but I don’t have one. Sorry. I am working on one and have a couple of ideas, including just finding a way to start checking things off these lists one at a time. Ooooooo then I could make a DONE list 
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