alternative heading - I spend 2 hours a day making and and reviewing lists.I am a compulsive list maker. Lists of all kinds – everyday to-do, weekend to-do , grocery to-buy, monthly to-do, to-cook, home-improvement to-do, paperwork to-do, to-read, to-watch [like banged up abroad on nat geo], and also the to-not's – to-not eat, to-not waste, to-not buy, to-not browse [the time suckers at work – dailymail, fb] etcetera, etcetera.
I also like reading weird facts, so here goes... apparently most bloggers are habitual list makers. :D or is that the rest go unblogged?
I really function better when I make lists of all kinds. And there's no greater thrill than striking things off the list. So, in anticipation of that thrill, I get things done, I utilize time better, I spend money more wisely... let's just say I live better. And if FEMINA chooses to ask... Does it make me a better person? I guess it does. With lists I feel I am in control. So when my control issues are taken care of, I become someone better to hang out with. So, yeah lists make me a better person. :D
Making lists is my little indulgence, so just any paper or pen won't do . Nothing fancy here, but I like to use gel pens... in brilliant colours... turquoise blue, pinks or the grayish black. Ballpoint pens are no good. Paper needs to be un-ruled [does it imply I am unruly?] and soft on my pen and face. Yeah, I feel the paper against my face :), let's call it the face-it or the face-off, shall we? I am also into yellow paper, the not-old-but-look-vintage kind of paper, these only come ruled, and I am okay with that.
Clearly, the digital post-it in whatever version isn't an option. Because rubbing my face against the computer screen would be plain hideous.
my god...u r OCD-ed....just like me :)
ReplyDelete:D isn't it glorious? the other thing that i forgot to add was - list topics to blog... and like you'd guess, those topics would often go unblogged.
DeleteDelightful post. My personal favorite is gVim. Thankfully, I never felt like rubbing my face against the screen or keyboard (that's because in my (fountain) pen and paper days, I used to write on recycled paper and rubbing it against my face would've given me acne among other things....)
ReplyDeleteAnd yes... I am an A-lister as well.
hey thanks :)
Deleteoh yeah i remember the recycled paper you talking about, slightly gray, unruled... and those Chinese fountain pens in maroon, green and black with golden caps.
i guess listing is our attempt at being organized.
I hear ya, I hear ya...
ReplyDeleteWhen I read this yesterday, I added "Must comment on rikita's list post" on my "things-to-do" list :)
heee heeeee :D told you.. the blogger - list maker connect...
DeleteLove that I'm not the only one who loves making lists..along with the the thrill of ticking off completed tasks, seeing everything in front of me does wonders to my stress levels...and makes it all seem much more doable!
ReplyDeletethere's this whole list - the order in which i write, continuously runs in my mind... do, do, do, don't slack it says. :D
DeleteI looovvee making lists too! But I have a problem with making lists on paper. They look horrible when edited, like cancelled. And I never get my points right in the first go. Digital to-dos gave me reason to live on :P Loved your article, I too turn into a better person to live with when a few things are struck out in those lists. The day it becomes none...dibs on ruling the world!!! :)
ReplyDeletedo i spot an ocd within an ocd there? heee heeee, yeah seriously thing is whatever works, and i agree digital to-dos do give us that clean canvas feel.
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