Spring Cleaning #28 - GTD

I love lists. Lists make the world go round. They really, really do. If listing be the stuff of life, list on!

What I don't like is someone telling me how, where, or when I should create my lists. That really bugs me. In the quarter century I've lived, I've come to the (entirely true) decision that what works for one person is not guaranteed to work for another person. That's the beauty of humanity, right? That we aren't all the same, that what makes one person tick isn't the same as what makes the other 6 billion people on the planet tick.

At the beginning of iHCPL we briefly discussed the different learning styles people exhibit. It stands to reason that if people learn differently, they would organize differently. I, for example, have to make a list with good, old fashioned pencil and paper. The act of writing everything down, combined with the ability to doodle, scritch things along the sides, draw arrows pointing to various things, and, when the task is down, draw a thick, black line through the item, is both necessary and awesome. I make to do lists on a weekly (often more frequently) basis and scads of lists on any topic under the sun. I just really love lists.

I do use Google Calendar, and it helps to a certain extent, but mainly with my finances and keeping bill due dates and Paycheck Thursdays in order. I took a look at Remember the Milk and it has some interesting features, but I think I'll stick to my pencil and paper lists for now.