To Do Lists

I think it's time somebody exposed the lovers of To Do lists. Nobody ever intends to do anything on such a list. They should be called "To Avoid" lists.

In moments of boredom, I take out my notepad. Across the top - I write To Do List. I want to have some order in my life and I know those who are orderly use these lists. By then, I've forgotten what it was I want to remember to do. So I think of things that should be on the list while I'm trying to remember why I started a list in the first place.

I wind up with a list of To Do's like "go get the mail" and "buy light bulbs". The list gets long and I still haven't thought of the To Do - I really needed To Do. After an hour or so - I realize I could have done all those To Do's in less time than it took to write them down. I go get the mail every day at the same time anyway. As for light bulbs - I'm already being reminded every time I try to turn on a lamp with a burned out bulb.

I realize I don't even need a list. They take too much time and I usually forget where I put my list anyway.

All this talk of "Do" and "light bulbs" lights an imaginary bulb above my head. I need to pick up a six pack of Mountain Dew.

I would have forgotten it if not for my To Do list.