List or No List?

Lists to me, are simply a double-edged sword. A list in itself is a great idea.
It is a paper, most of the time super cute because for some reason it is the only pad we are always willing to spend good money on.
As if that little animal, or phrase in the left hand corner, is gonna help us make things happen. And we do believe it will, so the process begins at Target by forking out $4.99 for this newest "companion" of ours.
It will happily be filled with what we either are planning on buying , needing to do, or dream of getting accomplished, before we die.
A list can be like a good friend. It has every intention of making your life sweet and making things better. It is something written only when in the mood- feeling, like you, (tomorrow of course) will be tackiling the world.
Your list is immediately partnered up with it's universal soulmate-a plan.
And the plan always consists of two things-getting up early because there is so much to do and then having the motivation of three countries to do it, having it all crossed off by dinner.
Yes, it's a wonderful feeling, writing one, and it can be organization all in itself.
From cementing it all in your brain, reminding you of all there is to do.
But the question is, will you use it? Will you take it, rip it off, and swear by all things that it will go into your bag and be used?
Or will you leave it sitting nicely on that couch of yours until it falls, by the wind of someone walking by, deep within the cushions, never to be remembered (or found) again.
Think about it, are you REALLY a list person?
This can be answered in remembering, in memory, all of your past list experiences-
Were they loved? Used until they were little wrinkled up pieces, helpful to every store you entered?
Or was there writing that ended with putting the pen down next to them on the table?
Be honest, was the last thing you remember about your list, scribbling a phone message on it?
Are you a "USER" of the list? You write them to simply procrastinate (even for 10 minutes) having to start the things on it?
That's alright too..I dont know if they're all that loyal to you either.
Lists can be motivators but they can also, on occasion, help lead to forms of depression.
First, I have found that they can remind you of how little money you have to do and buy all you have written of.
But second, and most importantly, they can turn the end of what you may have throught was a productive day, into an evening of LOOK HOW HARD I BUST MY BUTT AND ONLY CROSSED OFF THREE THINGS, song and dance.
There is nothing worse than bursting a mother's bubble that only floats by once or twice, every few weeks.
So maybe it IS for you, maybe no, and that's okay.
Whatever helps you get, or amazingly, STAY motivated and on task is what you need in your life.
But to anyone out there, I think I may have a solution.
A way that no matter what type you are, you can still feel great and get to use that awesome notepad of yours.
Instead of a list in the morning, we should all do one at night, in fact, EVERY night.
Doesn't matter how tired or what you FEEL you accompolished-
Every mother in the world should brush their teeth, get in bed and write down everything
they did that day, and then lay there, crossing them off.
I bet you, no matter what kind of day you had, you'd be amazed.
After all, even on an off day, we freaking rock.
Let me know if it works!!
Hugs!