How To Create Lists...
Making lists is a vital part of being organized and sometimes, even sane. The older I get, the more information my lists contain.
I had a fabulous teacher in the 9th grade, Mr. John J. O’Rourke who taught us how to outline anything and I took to it like a duck takes to water.
Roman Numerals: major sections, Capital letters within, the major subsets, numbers are the details.
Here’s an example in my “Notes” folder in my phone. (Yes, I am very proud that I have eliminated papers with notes scribbled on them…which inevitably always got lost).
MONDAY
CALLS:
Joe and tell him….(That way when he picks up you won’t be embarrassed by not why you called).
Mary…can she babysit tonight
ERRANDS:
Food shopping: (the list of what to buy is in another note on my phone).
Cleaners—pick up suit
Library-drop off books
You can further organize the lists by “Things to do in the morning”, “Critical” etc.
A wise word from my mom about list making: Some years ago, when all 3 kids were still at home, giving lots of chores, etc. I was particularly frazzled…maybe even fried. I called my mom crying, “I just can’t get everything done. I try to make organized lists so that I am not helter skelter.” In her calm way, she said, “Hmmm, well, maybe your list is too long.”
