by my mother's influence, you can be sure, i have bcome a chronic list-writer. mondays and thursdays especially. i like to make long lists of simple things so i can feel like i've accomplished a lot. #4 bring in trash cans / get mail / pick up old newspaper. but as the list gets longer, the tasks get more long-term and impossible to complete in the time i know i have. it just serves as a constant reminder that there is always something else to do, a subtle way to nag at myself. i think today's list will be (relatively) short. it will give me a bed time. teehee. more of a time table and less of a to-do