Break Out the Lists
It’s that time of year again. The time to make lists. Shopping lists, gift lists, card lists, menu planning lists and what to wear or pack lists. Exhausting, no?
Nope. I think it is exhilarating! There is nothing more anticipatorythan breaking out a fresh sheet of paper and starting a new list. Wait, there is something better! It’s crossing off all the items on the list and realizing you have actually completed a set of tasks. Your objective for the day or holiday is complete and now you can sit back and relax and enjoy yourself. As a parent of two small children and a list person this is the only way I get stuff done and can remember what exactly I was doing last. Because I know it wasn’t cleaning up peanut butter off the floor. That was definitely not on the list.
There in lies the key to all this. The list isn’t to create more work or little list babies. It’s the sharpening of a point. The key to your organization and staying on track to get the job done. It’s a tiny schedule without time lines designed to help you focus. Now if you’ll excuse me my list says I have to make a packing list so that I can follow my original list of all that I need to get done today. Like cleaning peanut butter covered in Cheerios off the floor.
Victoria, is a native Rhode Islander, freelance writer and creator of the blog, The Mummy Chronicles, Mummy’s Product Reviews and a co-founder of Flaming Tulle, a wedding blog. Her experience and writing skills can be seen on such sites as Parent Bloggers Network, DC Metro Moms and The Hot Mom’s Club, just to name a few.?When Vicky with a ‘y’, isn’t writing she can be found running after her toddler T.D. (that stands for Tiny Dictator), baking herself into a Bree Van de Kamp frenzy, flipping houses with her incredibly sane former Marine husband H, or simply resisting the urge to smoke. That alone can take up a whole day. A self-proclaimed product junkie, a sometimes reformed shopaholic, and lover of British Chick-lit and Victorian feminist writing, Vicky hopes to one day put all this great knowledge to use and write her own novel. She currently resides in the Northern Virginia suburbs and dreams of moving further into her favorite city in the world, Washington, DC.
