Since coming to university, I can’t get through a day without making several to-do lists. I can’t decide if it’s because I have more things to do nowadays, or if it’s because I’ve become more of a scatterbrain. Either way, as soon as I think of an errand to run or a phone call to make or a reading to read, I have to write it down right away, or else the thought escapes me, and I can't re-remember it until it’s too late and I’ve already missed a doctor’s appointment and my mom thinks I don’t love her anymore.
It’s become quite an urgent matter actually. My thoughts are so fleeting that, sometimes, by the time I find a piece of paper and a pen, I’ve forgotten what it is I needed to do. This scares me a little. What if I think the most brilliant thought in the world and I don’t have time to write it down, and next thing I know, I can’t even remember it?
It’s like playing a game of tag...but with my own brain and I'm not having any fun. I think I need to take up yoga or something to de-clutter my mind. Or maybe I need to see a shrink.
Anyways, here is an example of one of my typical to-do lists.
Notice how the easiest, most enjoyable tasks are crossed off first, leaving the important ones woefully untouched. Also notice how less than half the items are crossed off. I think this provides some pretty keen insight into my life. You know, something about ambition outstripping action.
I think it’d be fun to stash away all my to-do lists somewhere and look back at them years from now and wonder, or maybe laugh, at all the pressing things I needed to do. “Wow,” I’d think, “Those were my young and carefree days.”
But I’m not there yet, and from where I’m standing, it sure seems like I have a lot of pressing things to do.
Love,
Cindy
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