I do, and learn, new stuff all the time. I wish it’d stick with me! It seems my approach to learning is very much of the two-steps-forward-one-step-back variety, or possibly, one forward, two back, if I’m to be entirely truthful. So much seems like water flowing through a sieve in this ol’ brain of mine.
That is one of the prime forces that made me such an inveterate list-aholic. I fear that if I don’t have lists for every occasion and purpose, and lists of what those lists are, I am doomed to lose whatever motes of mindfulness I have collected in the course of my journeys. Not that lists aren’t perfectly able to be misplaced, forgotten and misinterpreted themselves.
There is probably no perfect solution to this problem. I end up thinking about my lists almost more than about the contents of them or what I might do with said contents, most especially avoiding the thought that if I spent the list-composing and writing time on simply doing what I am making notes to remind me to do, I might not even need the lists. Heresy.
What can I say. I am a pessimist: I don’t think I’ll ever find enough time in a day to get all that I want done accomplished. I am an optimist, too: I think that if I hold something so dearly important as to document its urgency on a list, surely I will someday get it done. Obviously, I am just a good old-fashioned, self-deluded fool. But I have a whole list of reasons that that’s okay and will still get me to my goals. Eventually.
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Hmmm…sounds familiar…
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I also have lists for everything. I love not having to scramble around, looking for something to do. I check my trusty list and there are 7 chores waiting to be done… (Along with burn the list and have a Martini! 🍸)
Sounds very familiar, Kathryn, and I love your image, too! Happy Monday! xoxo
My father was a list maker, and it seemed to serve him well. Me, I rarely make lists. I’ve never made outlines, either; if I’m going to write an article, I just start writing it. Chacun à son goût, or each to his own goo, as the French say.
Exactement. I approach text the way you do. Don’t even edit as much after the fact as many do. Probably should….
From where I’m sitting, it appears that the lists are working, because you manage to publish many beautiful posts -complete with great illustrations!
Very generous of you to say so! I thank you for your gracious support!
Ha ha – very witty. I’m the opposite though and hate lists!
Then I suppose you’d best leave the list-making to us addicts. 😉