Do You Make "To-Do" Lists?

@IreneVincent Yes, it's a great feeling of accomplishment !

@much2say Yes, it sure is. I've been checking off quite few things lately and I'm so happy about it. Some projects that I have been procrastinating about for years.

Making a list just simplifies things for me. And I LOVE checking things OFF my list when they are completed.

One of my most important lists is on the inside of my front door. I taped it to the door and I check it before I leave the house, so that I don't forget anything. It has saved me a lot of time. Listed is: wallet, money, glasses, cell phone, keys, and other items that I might need to take with me.

@JudyEv Yes, that's a good idea too. And sometimes I just start putting things in a bag that I carry when I am running errands.

@IreneVincent That's a really good idea. We have a table in the hall by the front door and we put stuff we need to take with us on that - letters to post, shopping list, etc.

@IreneVincent Oh! I`m a domestic home designer

@m_audrey6788 There you go! What women do for their household is IMPORTANT and so it should have an important title.

I learned a new name for "housewife." I'm a "domestic engineer."

I don't do it every day either, but I do have a set of things that I do on different days. For instance, I try to keep my whole house straight every day, but on Mondays I concentrate on my bedroom, Tuesdays on my upstairs bathroom, Wednesdays on the kitchen, Thursdays on the living room and Fridays on the downstairs bath. By concentrating, I mean that I do extra things for each room, like scour the kitchen counters by moving everything and disinfecting the whole area and cleaning all the refrigerator shelves and cleaning the floor. Then on each day I focus on one room, doing extra little things, like dusting and putting things away, etc. By the end of the week, everything has been done and I can enjoy the weekend. For me, it's easier, especially now that I'm older, instead of trying to clean the whole house in one day. This way I can keep up with things better and it only takes about an hour or so to do the extras in each room. I actually started this routine back when my kids were young and we made a sort of game of it. We all worked together for about an hour. Each child was responsible for cleaning their own room and then I put the chores than needed done in the other rooms, on pieces of paper and they drew their chore from a bowl. Then, we would all work together to get the chores done, each one taking care of whatever their chore happened to be. After we finished, we would have a snack and a glass of lemonade and play games. It was a routine that we enjoyed and it taught the kids to keep the house clean. They also earned some money in the process and we used it to purchase their passes to Kings Dominion and Busch Gardens, two amusement parks near us. I've always been a routine type person. It just works for me.

I actually do have a fairly good memory, but since I hate to forget something when I run errands, I make a list. I hate it when I forget to do something and then have to make another trip.

Yes, that's when a list definitely comes in handy. My daughter, who came to the beach for a few days, forgot her toothbrush and had to go buy one.

@Marty1 It seems like a toothbrush is often forgotten when packing. That's why I make a list. I actually have a permanent list that I use for every trip.

I Scotch tape my list to the front door if I'm going to run errands. I feel more organized if I make a list and check things off.