My To Do List Obsession

I hate writing things down by hand. If it were up to me I would be taking notes on my laptop everyday! But if there is something I like doing by hand, its To Do Lists. In my room I have a big white board and several legal pads that I have around the house that I use to write my lists down. I have academic to do lists, technological (as in things I need to do online such as uploading pictures to Facebook or blogging) to do lists, chores to do lists and future projects to do lists! There is just something extremely satisfying about listing things to do. Maybe it's because I get to visually see all the things I need to get accomplished in one day or that satisfying feeling of striking (striking) something off the list. Because I don't do little check marks, no, I scratch that task right off. And if my to do lists seems a little small I add more things to it because one of my biggest pet peeves is not being productive. I'm always thinking of things in term of how much time I waste/save doing tasks and sometimes even make decisions based on which choice is more productive. I just cant be lazy otherwise I go crazy. With the exception of video games because even though you are only sitting for hours on end you're getting things done inside the video game, but I digress...

To Do List in general are fun. For example I was looking through my iPod's notes (which I don't like because I can't strike things off) and I saw that I have lists of TV shows to watch, music to download, movies to watch and shopping list. It's a way for me to organize my life and keep the future in sharp focus. I know what my weekends are going to be like ahead of time and I allocate (such a great word) the appropriate amount of time for everything on my list. Here's a to do list for this weekend of all the categories I have combined.

Andre's 3 Day Weekend To Do List

Go to Mid-Atlantic Writing Center Conference on Saturday (stay tuned for a post tomorrow!)
E-mail EWC conference evaluation e-mails
Clean my bathroom (this will get a post one day)
Laundry
Vacuum the basement
French professions packet
Watch Up In The Air
Study for the PSATs (don't ask...)
Go to work on Sunday
Church
Learn Supreme Court Justices for Government class
Start working on a major quarter 4 Chemistry project.
Get a new Facebook profile picture
Sync iPod purchases from my iTunes on my computer
Study for Chemistry Midterm II

Not having this organized into each of its own categories is kind of annoying...Anyways, as you can see even though I probably won't get through my whole list this weekend (although I have a 3 day weekend so maybe I can finish everything) I will certainly be able to keep myself busy! I better go to bed now since I have to wake up early tomorrow for that Conference.

UYL (Update You Later)
Andre