Me? Never! How could someone possibly get that idea? I am not an addict, I am just an expert user...At least that is what I try tell myself as I compile, compress, and compose in bed as my husband falls asleep.
In all practicality, I am a horrible to-do list addict. I don't just enjoy doing them, I need them. They are like sun and air, something I cannot conceivably exist without. Ok, maybe not so much the sun because I obviously can live without that residing in Washington, but you get the idea.
My love affair with checking things off my to-do list began in middle school when I discovered the rush of completing a task and marking it off. Such an overwhelming joy as the pen drags across the page, scratching out one more tedious mission of the day. That was back in the "old" days though, when lists had to be handwritten and rewritten (and rewritten and rewritten ) as tasks were removed. Or perhaps that was just me? I don't think I ever finished everything on a list before I started a new, fresh, clean list; compiling the old remainders and adding a new batch of musts. Nowadays, to-do lists are much more fun and exciting. I live off of my Google Tasks lists! Not only do I have access to the list through my Gmail, where I can print and organize the tasks onto the calendar, I also have them linked directly to my smartphone. *Swoon* What more could I ask for than at-my-fingers access to my endless list of lists??
My favorite part of a to-do list is crossing off the Completed's, makes me feel exceedingly productive when I wasn't overly so. And I'm not confessing, but I have possibly been known to write "Update to-do lists" as a task just so I could mark something off the list at the end of the day. Today was one of those fateful days where I'm fairly certain more things were added onto my to-do list than were removed from it. Not a fan of these days, but at least I know I was productive. Look, I get to mark "Write daily blog post" off my list before I go on to "Do the dishes" and "Fold the laundry." Oh the glamorous life of a housewife and stay-at-home-mom.
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