When we put things off, we tell ourselves that we’ll get to them later. But then other things come up, things that will fill up our to-do list, which will push everything else to the back of the list.
At some point, the list will get so full that we’ll have forgotten about the things that we were supposed to do. Things like picking up items from the store, putting papers or envelopes away, getting gas for the car, or cleaning and doing chores around our home. And if we put them off, they’ll catch up with us later–piling up on our current to-do list. Then we’ll wonder why we put those things off in the first place.
Even if we organize our to do list, I find that it’s only useful if the list is short and the time frame is reasonable. If the list ends up getting too long, there might not be enough time to get to all the items on it. And if that happens, we’ll spend the next day trying to catch up with yesterday while working on today’s list.
Fallton Havenstonne 