I’m a list maker from way back. I learned from my mother.
She was the Queen of Lists and she taught me well. I find that enumerating the
things that need to be done and seeing it in black and white clarifies, for me
anyway, the trajectory of my day.
Plus I think it’s a very effective mental health tool. To be
able to cross something off my list is thoroughly satisfying. To see a WHOLE
list crossed off and completed is the ultimate in satisfaction!
And on those days where nothing seems to go right and you
get sidetracked, my mother taught me it’s perfectly acceptable to write
something on your list that has already been completed just for the gratification
of feeling like you completed SOMETHING that day!
What I’m saying is……lists have always worked for me. I make
lists of tasks that need to be done, I make lists of things I need to
buy/order, I make lists of fleeting ideas because I know I will forget them if
I don’t write them down.
But this has been the first time EVER I have made a list to
myself and I have NO FREAKING IDEA what it means!
Where was I going with it? Was it an idea for something to
draw? Was it and idea of something to write about? Was it a memory? What the
hell was I THINKING?????
And now it’s got an added layer to it……forgetfulness! The
fact that for the first time (that I can remember, lol, pun intended) I don’t
know what it means and it is stimulating absolutely NOTHING in my memory banks!
On the other hand…..it’s funny as hell!
WTF?
I'm also a list person! Especially shopping lists are a necessity to me, since age and memory, you know...
ReplyDeleteThat is quite a mystery list :D :D
I make grocery and shopping lists. I've tried making to do lists but the items that need to be done sometimes look so overwhelming. Or I get caught up in making the perfect list perfectly organized and find all I've done is procrastinate.
ReplyDeleteAs to your list. I think this is a list of things for you to draw. A foot, which you do so well. An egg. And I think you signed the list.