Make and follow a daily to-do list

It didn’t take long for me to realize that I can’t stand doing this. I guess if nothing else, I learned that daily to-do lists aren’t for me haha.

Turns out I suck at following to-do lists lol. I’m not gonna quit yet though, I’ll try it for a while longer and see if I can get used to it. I did actually get most of the stuff on the list done I guess.

I’m not sure how well this is going to work though, a lot of the things I do require creativity, and that’s not really something you can schedule. At least I can’t.

Anyway, here’s tomorrow’s list.

Tuesday, May 1st

-Read a chapter in PDL
-Make the phone call I forgot about today
-Write down at least 1 more illustrations(the two I did today took a lot longer than I expected)
-Spend at least 1 hour cleaning my room(I didn’t actually spend the full hour today)
-Work out for at least one hour(it probably won’t actually be the full hour until next week)
-Do my laundry

Maybe this will help me get more organized and se my time better. I’ll at least try it out. If it works, it works… if not, what have I lost? I should be asleep right now, but I’m not really tired for some reason. Probably means getting up tomorrow is going to be hard. Anyway, I’m gonna make tomorrow’s list real quick before going to bed.

Monday, Apr 30th

-Work out for at least one hour
-Read a chapter in PDL
-Call the apartment complex that I want to move into to get more information
-Try to check out some other complexes on the internet if they have websites
-Write down at least 2 more illustrations
-Move my files off of my dad’s laptop and onto this computer
-Spend at least one hour cleaning my room

I’ve never really tried the whole to-do list thing, so let’s see how this works out. Who knows, maybe I’ll be happily surprised :)

- 3 hours with my organizer
- mail letters
- go to ExT – pick up check, drop off stuff
- do a drop of items I no longer need at the Salvation Army
- put together wine racks
- use all my cheers to encourage other people on this site
- delete 50 old emails

Today I want to:
- return the lap top
- buy a new one
- call the police with my list
- call insurance with my list
- work out
- tidy
- laundry
- order from cathy
- listen and respond to phone messages
- delete 50 old emails

Past midnight – time for bed. But later today, I want to do the following

- get out the flipping letter to M
- call A
- spend 2 hours tidying
- return the laptop
-go to the gym

and I attribute today’s productivity to the fact that I got up at 6. Nothing quite like having so many extra hours in the day to help a chimp get stuff done.

Still need to write the letter.

I’m awaiting an important phone call. Need my notes – on my computer – for this conversation so don’t really want to go out to my garden.

Haven’t found nice enough stationery on which to write the condolence letter. I have plenty of birthday cards lying around but need to locate appropriately serious paper for such a serious subject.

However, I’ve already taken care of #1,2 and 3 on my list, and it’s not even 5PM yet. Nothing quite like getting out of bed at 6:30am to help a chimp accomplish a lot of goals…

I still hope to do #4 and #5. I’ll check back later for “accountability”

1. go to the gym
2. buy flowers and put them around the house
3. listen to all my phone messages (which I always find extremely stressful)
4. spend at least half an hour working in the garden
5. finish and mail the condolence letter. It’s tough to do, but it doesn’t have to be perfect.

also for monday: delete 100 or more emails