Comments on: The Benefits of List-Making http://thebillfold.com/2012/10/the-benefits-of-list-making/ Everything About Money You Were Too Polite To Ask Sat, 25 May 2013 01:31:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: LynnMichelle http://thebillfold.com/2012/10/the-benefits-of-list-making/#comment-22931 LynnMichelle Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:50:31 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=16716#comment-22931 @noralo I just failed at using a comment thread correctly--blaming that Thursday afternoon malaise--and replied below in a separate comment. @noralo I just failed at using a comment thread correctly–blaming that Thursday afternoon malaise–and replied below in a separate comment.

]]> By: LynnMichelle http://thebillfold.com/2012/10/the-benefits-of-list-making/#comment-22928 LynnMichelle Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:38:56 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=16716#comment-22928 I use the "Reminders" function on my phone for my to-do list, which is really great. It lets users check off items and rate them in order of importance, and the portability of having the list on my phone stops me from forgetting what I'm errand I'm supposed to be running while I'm in the middle of it, but I'm an Iphone user (convert?) and don't know what the equivalent is on other cell phones. So that might not be very helpful at all? I use the “Reminders” function on my phone for my to-do list, which is really great. It lets users check off items and rate them in order of importance, and the portability of having the list on my phone stops me from forgetting what I’m errand I’m supposed to be running while I’m in the middle of it, but I’m an Iphone user (convert?) and don’t know what the equivalent is on other cell phones. So that might not be very helpful at all?

]]> By: noralo http://thebillfold.com/2012/10/the-benefits-of-list-making/#comment-22879 noralo Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:49:06 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=16716#comment-22879 Can we talk about what y'all use to make your lists? My biggest problems with lists is not being able to keep track of them. I jot immediate things down on post-it notes now to stick on my computer, but anything beyond what I have to do that day at work is a lost cause for me because I can't figure out which format I'm most likely to refer back to. If I write it down, I'll inevitably leave the list at work and go stare at a wall all night instead of doing the stuff I meant to do. If I make the list in a document on my computer, I'll never look at it. I find gchat tasks to be really unsatisfying. Any tips for an amateur listist? Can we talk about what y’all use to make your lists? My biggest problems with lists is not being able to keep track of them. I jot immediate things down on post-it notes now to stick on my computer, but anything beyond what I have to do that day at work is a lost cause for me because I can’t figure out which format I’m most likely to refer back to. If I write it down, I’ll inevitably leave the list at work and go stare at a wall all night instead of doing the stuff I meant to do. If I make the list in a document on my computer, I’ll never look at it. I find gchat tasks to be really unsatisfying. Any tips for an amateur listist?

]]> By: colbeagle http://thebillfold.com/2012/10/the-benefits-of-list-making/#comment-22828 colbeagle Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:48:53 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=16716#comment-22828 I use a 101 list for those in-between life-goal type to-dos. It's 101 things I want to accomplish in 1001 days, which is not quite three years. There's all sorts of different goals on there, some with longer lead times than others, in a bunch of different categories (financial, travel, self-improvement, work, etc.) I find that so long as you are specific with the 101 goals it strikes a nice balance between long term life planning and daily actions, and serves my love of list-making. I use a 101 list for those in-between life-goal type to-dos. It’s 101 things I want to accomplish in 1001 days, which is not quite three years. There’s all sorts of different goals on there, some with longer lead times than others, in a bunch of different categories (financial, travel, self-improvement, work, etc.) I find that so long as you are specific with the 101 goals it strikes a nice balance between long term life planning and daily actions, and serves my love of list-making.

]]> By: DrFeelGood http://thebillfold.com/2012/10/the-benefits-of-list-making/#comment-22826 DrFeelGood Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:13:46 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=16716#comment-22826 I am making a ta-da list today. I am making a ta-da list today.

]]> By: swirrlygrrl http://thebillfold.com/2012/10/the-benefits-of-list-making/#comment-22823 swirrlygrrl Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:32:33 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=16716#comment-22823 I love "to do" lists - but I think I need a "ta da" list too. I love “to do” lists – but I think I need a “ta da” list too.

]]> By: LO http://thebillfold.com/2012/10/the-benefits-of-list-making/#comment-22820 LO Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:03:22 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=16716#comment-22820 Lists are my life. Seriously, I would not survive without them. I am constantly updating personal lists: a “to-do today”, a “to-do this week” and a “to-do before [insert vaguely important but mostly arbitrary date here]“. I also have to-do lists for work and each of my classes. My boyfriend, in contrast, never makes lists, besides the reminders he occasionally pens on the back of his hand. He usually makes 3-4 trips to the grocery store every week, because he forgets to buy things. In this way, we really balance each other out: I make sure things get done, he reminds me that it’s okay when some things don’t. Lists are my life. Seriously, I would not survive without them. I am constantly updating personal lists: a “to-do today”, a “to-do this week” and a “to-do before [insert vaguely important but mostly arbitrary date here]“. I also have to-do lists for work and each of my classes.

My boyfriend, in contrast, never makes lists, besides the reminders he occasionally pens on the back of his hand. He usually makes 3-4 trips to the grocery store every week, because he forgets to buy things.

In this way, we really balance each other out: I make sure things get done, he reminds me that it’s okay when some things don’t.

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