Do You Make "To do" Lists?

United States
July 29, 2012 11:06am CST
I love making "To Do" lists. It helps me keep track of everything. It also reminds me of things I have yet to work on. How about you, do you keep "to do" lists? How do these lists help you?
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@riyauro (6421)
• India
29 Jul 12
yes I do to do list. it comes handy because most of the time I tend to forget what i have to do. I recommend this to my fellow mylotters. I keep to do list on my mobile so i don'r have to carry any written on the paper. Sometimes I add alarm to it as well. It has made life easier and help sort things well. have a good day. thanks for the wonderful topic of discussion.
@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
29 Jul 12
What does the alarm do? Does it tell you to do it right there and then? Thanks. This is your to do reply.
@riyauro (6421)
• India
29 Jul 12
yeah alarm helps me to do it right now..lol
@Suggar (3606)
• Bulgaria
29 Jul 12
This is a very good topic, because it gives me the idea of starting with this lists again. I was doing so before and it was helping me very much. I was always doing the things on time and it wasn't giving me good chances to get lazy, as I am right now, having the heat and the restless sleeps during the hot nights. I just have started dealing with the things I have been delaying since days. Hopefully, I will continue, because there is so much for doing and I have to complete tasks all the time if I want to have my clock on the right time for doing whatever.
@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
30 Jul 12
I agree that this discussion is a do to list, well a to do list about having a to do list. I must try a to do list too. As you say the weather is having an effect on some of our activities. It does that a lot.
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
31 Jul 12
Personally there are many times that I have been known to make "To Do" lists and was even referring to I need to start doing more of them again to someone. I know myself when I do this, I find myself getting more done and accomplished and it seems like there is more time to do other stuff as well. Matter of fact with another Birthday just around the corner, I have been contemplating starting this again and seeing if it helps me to organize my time and things a little more.
• Indonesia
30 Jul 12
I used to make my To Do list when Im in deadline cos it hepls me to manage my time and remind me to do what I have to do in one time.
@Bhebelen14 (5194)
• Philippines
31 Jul 12
Yes I do some list because it reminds me of the things that I need to do or buy. I always make our weekly dishes and grocery items to save money and energy. Also I have some list of appliances that needed to replace and need to buy for our kitchen and some cookware that I need for cooking and baking. And I have list of some important schedule like birthday, anniversaries and important dates related to my family gathering which let me to fix my schedule ahead to attend. I think having a list has a big help because it reminds you all the things that you need to do and you can attend special family gathering without sacrificing your work schedule.
@debbygirl (213)
• Philippines
29 Jul 12
speaking of that i had my to do list for this week and it's a lot. Anyways, yes it helps me a lot. Sometimes i tend not to do, or to forget things, but that list actually puts pressure on me to do it Hahaha! :) The things i wrote there was the urgent things so why not do it? or else my boss will do something for me.. :)
@jugsjugs (12967)
29 Jul 12
I use to do a list, but then I found that I never got around to do the things that were on it.I also found that I got stressed if I never done the things on the list.Now I do not write a list for me, as I am unable to do a lot of things, so I write one for the husband instead.
@slovenc1 (2089)
• Slovenia
29 Jul 12
I do make to do lists typically for next day if I have a lot of things to do so that I don't forget anything. Than I'm happy if I manage to do like 5 out of 10 things I wrote down. But that's cause some of the thing are find a job and such that aren't very easy to do. I also make a list of things I have to take with me when I go somewhere cause every few minutes I remember what else and it's impossible to remember 20 things.
@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
29 Jul 12
I think to do lists are great for organization. The problem is I ignore them or hide them away. I need a to do list for my to do lists. Help! I have one on my desktop for ages now. It sits there as a document asking to be opened. Everytime I power up the computer I see it but everytime I say to myself, oh yeah, I must open that some day. Sorry but anything else I might write here would not be the truth but I do think they are good little tools like stickies on the fridge. Now they are selling a "sticky" to capture everything! How is this going to work, eh?
@ShyBear88 (59282)
• Sterling, Virginia
29 Jul 12
I normally do not do a to do list because I know what needs to be done and I'll do it right then and there. But right now I'm on bed rest still my second baby is born. So i have to write a to do list for my husband so he knows what needs to be done that I would normally do but I can't do.
@Raine38 (12257)
• United States
29 Jul 12
I love making lists, and I definitely always have a to-do list. I'm not really an organized person but I do try to make sure I have planned activities for the day without missing on the important ones. It also sort of give me that sense of accomplishment whenever I cross out each task that I have done, and tell myself like, I have 3 more to go then I can just take it easy the rest of the day.