Todo lists

[jack]

I realised my todo lists were unsatisfying, apart from anything else, because they were text files where done things got deleted, so you don't get the satisfaction of crossing things off and seeing a vast piece of paper with everything on it done -- you just see that you always have about the same number of things left to do, and feel depressingly like you're getting nowhere.

On the other hand, this month I've been doing pretty well. I got a filing device and stored all my various documents in it (they were previously sorted, and centralised, though there were some outliers, but not terribly easy to just flick through). I eradicated a pile of washing up and have kept my sink empty and shiny. I sorted all of my clothes, found my disappearing socks. I investigated buying a house (not going ahead right now fwiw, but I'm still looking). And started to write a point-and-click adventure game.

Comments

[ewx.livejournal.com]

I keep my work todo list on a wiki page and when I complete something cross it out and move it to a done section. I GC the done section from time to time but usually leave it around for a while looking full of completed tasks.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

That makes sense, I've vaguely been thinking of using wiki for a while, to have a good history too.

I even installed one, but it was sluggish and I didn't follow it up.

[oedipamaas49.livejournal.com]

*nods*

I do much the same, with text files. TODO at the top, DONE at the bottom, sometimes also a section for stuff I've delegated to somebody else, but still need to keep an eye on.

Big advantage, aside from feeling smug at how much I've got done, is being able to periodically tidy up the 'done' section and email it to the boss.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

LOL. Yes, I should do that. I sort of do that at work, but not with my household-type stuff. Yes, that would help a lot.