I do realize that we are already 6 days into May, but I just changed all the calendars in my office this morning. The process of changing my desk calendar, which 
serves as my doodling pad and ultimate work "to-do list" during the month, is always an act of remembering. Happily I observe what I've accomplished and though I hate to admit it I also am confronted by those little tasks that have fallen away... those notes I never quite crossed off my list. To-do lists are great when they include items that can easily be checked off, but I have a tendency to work on the items that I deem easy first whether or not there are other things that deserve my immediate attention. Sometimes I might even add tasks to a list that I've already begun working on or almost completed simply for that congratulatory feeling I get with putting a line through that task. (I like to think that this is all pretty normal behavior, but maybe my type-A personality is just playing a joke on me.) Where do all those forgotten tasks end up when I trash my used calendar? Well sometimes they just disappear but today they were transferred to May 6th's to-do list. I guess I better get back to marking them off my list. My goal: For these tasks not to end up on June's list.
serves as my doodling pad and ultimate work "to-do list" during the month, is always an act of remembering. Happily I observe what I've accomplished and though I hate to admit it I also am confronted by those little tasks that have fallen away... those notes I never quite crossed off my list. To-do lists are great when they include items that can easily be checked off, but I have a tendency to work on the items that I deem easy first whether or not there are other things that deserve my immediate attention. Sometimes I might even add tasks to a list that I've already begun working on or almost completed simply for that congratulatory feeling I get with putting a line through that task. (I like to think that this is all pretty normal behavior, but maybe my type-A personality is just playing a joke on me.) Where do all those forgotten tasks end up when I trash my used calendar? Well sometimes they just disappear but today they were transferred to May 6th's to-do list. I guess I better get back to marking them off my list. My goal: For these tasks not to end up on June's list. Just marking "posting on my blog" off my list, Margaret
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