Are you a list writer

No, I'm not usually a list person except at Christmas when I write a list of Christmas gifts bought/still to buy. I write appointments in my diary and everything else is in my head.

The Wonderful Man, on the other hand, is a great list writer and has a collection of 'list' notepads. He sometimes writes things he's already done on a list just so he can cross it off. He has shopping lists for groceries, DIY stuff, household tasks, work tasks, allotment tasks - and just seeing his lists can leave me feeling overwhelmed at the amount of things he has to do. He gets far more done than I do, but that's because his stuff is all 'things' to do whereas mine are more 'people to see'.

Does anyone add something that they've done to their list but not listed so they can then cross it off?
I also make lists of things I've done in the day so I feel I've not wasted that day

We make a shopping list and even remember to take it to the supermarket about half the time!
DH makes packing lists even for an overnight stay ... for an actual holiday he starts weeks ahead and it all involves much pondering and adjusting ... drives me mad sometimes.

The one time (he says) he didn't make a list involved me having to get out of bed (I worked night shift at the time) run down to the train station, get a train into Glasgow to handover his passport! He was going home to Copenhagen so absolutely needed it.

I do lists too- never use them- but having done the list works.

Oh yes

There's a Sainsbury's list
A garden centre list
A library to do list
A town list
A list of things gners have come up with for our new dementia venture
An admin list

Oh dear!

pompa ditto that's what I do. People who know me really well can tell if I'm a bit down or feeling overwhelmed. I write a list. Just a short one. Like you I feel a sense of achievement when I cross things off.

We had a friend ( well still have her) who rather dominated her H, sadly we don't still have him , and she left lists for him which would be open for anyone visiting to see. Once when we went for dinner and perhaps had imbibed rather well, another friend and I wrote on the bottom of the quite lengthy list " decorate K and N' s (their two sons) bedrooms. She did see the funny side fortunately.

When I get depressed, I find lists help me get things in perspective. So many of the things that get on top of me can actually be done and crossed off very quickly. The very action of crossing things off helps lift the spirits.

I have three lists on the go at the moment. All on the dining room table
1) Main meals next week ( we are doing LCHF )
2) Sainsburys list.
3) list of thing to buy in town.

Sorry list 4
Tesco's online list for when we go on holiday in a few weeks time.

Shall I do a list of all my lists?. Oh, I just have.

Definitely a list person, always have been so not about ageing!

Yes,make a list,then leave it on the bleddy worktop.

I was a classic 'write a shopping list and forget to take it to the shops' person. Then my DS encouaged me to put the list on my phone, it takes a bit longer than writing it, but means I always have the list in my bag/pocket!

I'm another lister! Love crossing off things and as Tessa says it gives a real sense of achievement when you do.

My Mum used to do food shopping for the family with five of us children and never made a list but carried it all in her head. She never ran out of anything either, being a bit of a hoarder! I can't do that even now it's just the two of us. I keep my list running through the week ready for the supermarket run. Works for me.

If I didn't write a list of what I need to do each day, in a small notebook, I would forget half the things I should be doing. There is such a lot on my mind at present.

I love my lists I sometimes have different coloured paper depending on what the list is for.